The shepherd boy rode on the back of the cow, and the loud song echoed in the forest. Suddenly I wanted to catch the cicada singing in the tree, so I immediately stopped singing and stood quietly by the tree.
Creative background: Yuan Mei loves life and lived in Jiangning after his resignation. He advocates expressing his temperament, and writes mostly about the leisure of literati. On the trip, the poet saw a shepherd boy singing on a cow. Suddenly he heard the sound of cicada, so he stopped singing and jumped down from the cow's back to catch cicada. This scene aroused the poet's poetic interest, and he wrote this poem "What he saw".
Appreciation: This is a poem reflecting children's life. In his poem, the poet praised the little shepherd boy's life picture full of childlike interest. The poet first wrote about the dynamics of the little shepherd boy, and Gao sitting bull's style of singing loudly on his back was so loose and presumptuous; After writing the little shepherd boy's static state, he held his breath and stared at the cicada's expression with special concentration. "There are more silent complaints than talking".
This change from dynamic to static is written suddenly and naturally, vividly depicting the image of the little shepherd boy who is naive, good at listening and troubled. It is in this ups and downs that this poem has achieved great artistic effect.
The language of poetry is as clear, plain and natural as words. As for the next step, how the little shepherd boy catches cicadas or not, the poet hasn't written it yet, leaving it to readers to experience, daydream and think.
By describing the natural environment and social life, this poem directly expresses the feelings of life, which seems carefree, but in fact it entrusts with feelings. At the same time, this poem is lively and free-spirited, with simple language and vivid image, which is the realm that the poet pursues all his life and the "true temperament" that he has repeatedly emphasized.