Poetry of the earth never dies;
When all the birds were dazzled by the hot sun,
Hidden in the shady forest, there is a sound.
Floating on the hedge around the newly cut grass.
That's the music of Guoguo! It competes first.
Indulge in the luxury of midsummer, it never feels it.
Your own happiness fades away, and once you get tired of singing,
They perched comfortably on the pleasant grass.
The poetry of the earth never stops;
On a lonely winter night, when the frost condenses.
It's quiet, jumping back and forth on the fireplace.
Crickets' songs, in the rising heating,
In sleepiness, people feel the sound.
Like a grasshopper chirping on a grassy mountain.
This is a philosophical poem written by Keats in his early days, full of cheerful emotions.
With careful observation, the poet described the scene of grasshoppers chirping alternately in the suburbs in summer and crickets chirping by the fireside in winter. But the birds tired of the summer heat from the beginning are actually singers in spring, and the most vigorous moment of crickets is autumn (see Keats's Ode to Autumn). Besides, Spring and Autumn is the golden season when a hundred birds contend and a thousand insects sing. In this way, in fact, the poet reveals the law of nature's endless singing all year round, thus praising the cycle and endless beauty of nature. This kind of beauty is eternal, and "the poetry of the earth will never die" just points out the theme of this poem.
This little poem is full of pastoral interest. There is not much pen and ink, and two small scenes of winter and summer are now in sight. Grassland, fence and shade in summer, and warm fireside that makes people sleepy at night in winter naturally bring people into a quiet and peaceful realm. At this time, the sounds of grasshoppers and crickets bring out the peace of the environment. It can really be said that "cicadas make Lin Jing and Yingong Mountain quieter", which has the effect of resisting quietness by moving, and can arouse people's kind memories. In order to express the theme, the poet used the method of contrast between winter and summer. However, due to the similar emotional appeal of Xia Dong's two realms, coupled with the poet's clear description of winter and summer, suggesting the Spring and Autumn Period, and the clever association from cricket to slug at the end, the whole poem is seamless and has no sense of separation.