1. Read the name of the poem
The title of a poem is a summary of its content or a definition of its type. Paying attention to the title of the poem is helpful to grasp the content of the poem as a whole. For example, the word "don't move big" in the title of the poem shows that this poem is a farewell poem.
See the author
Knowing the author's life, thoughts and creative style is helpful to understand and grasp the content of his works. For example, Xin Qiji fought bloody battles in the forefront of the anti-gold struggle and died in the battlefield. After returning to the south, he was excluded and hit by the capitulators. Therefore, most of his words are in full swing to recall the past fighting life, or to express the anger of serving the country, and the style is bold and sad.
Reading notes
Some poems are supplemented by some notes, or explain the time of creation, or explain the reasons and background of creation, which lays an emotional foundation for the works. Understanding the idea of the work is also very important and cannot be ignored.
look at the picture
Ancient poetry pays special attention to images. Only in the process of understanding the meaning of images can we grasp the content of poetry, understand the theme of poetry, enter the artistic conception of poetry and perceive the poet's emotions. Therefore, the interpretation of poetic images is an effective breakthrough to quickly understand the content of poetry. For example, "cuckoo" means sad or homesick.
Look at the problem
In the exam, in order to make the questions clearer, some questions have to be explained directly or indirectly. We can make full use of this to help ourselves read and understand poetry.