The title is the starting point to interpret the content and form of poetry. Let's first look at the forms of classical poetry topics, some are narrative, some are lyrical, and some are chanting things; Some summarize the important content of the work, some reveal the clues of the work, some lay the emotional tone of the work, some reveal the time, place, object, event and theme of writing, and some explain the theme and genre of the poem.
What information can you learn from the topic when you appreciate ancient poetry?
For example, "Leave Lintao and go to the North Yard to avoid it", pointing out the starting point and destination of "avoiding it"; "Farewell" implies that the category of poetry is "Farewell Poetry"; The two frontier fortress names "Lintao" and "Beiting" imply that the frontier fortress scenery will be written in the poem. "Canchun Hotel" explains the season and place of writing; The word "disability" can reveal that the mood may be "tragic"; Hostel suggests that this poem may be a poem about the journey, and the feelings expressed may be a feeling of missing and caring. The title of "Magnolia slowly sends away the pipa player" means that the content of the moral word is to describe the feeling of playing and listening to the pipa. "Autumn Day" is titled "Dou Yuanwai Chongdeli's New Residence", and "Autumn Day" visits the season; "Title … New House" indicates the origin of writing, and "New House" implies the internal and external environment in which the content of the poem may be written. The name "Mr. Dou Wai" indicates that the author is a friend.
Through analysis, with the help of the title of the poem, we can roughly infer its content or theme, experience the thoughts and feelings in the event or background, and pave the way for appreciating the specific content or thoughts and feelings of the poem.
However, some classical poems have abstract and implicit titles or even no titles, such as Untitled by Li Shangyin. There are only epigrams, such as Yulinling by Liu Yong and Huanxisha by Su Shi. Only through the specific interpretation of poetry sentences can we grasp the specific content and emotion of poetry.
While interpreting the title of a poem, we should also pay attention to the author and understand the background of poetry creation and the author's thoughts and feelings with comments. On this basis, only by appreciating the imagery, language and expression skills of ancient poetry can we really understand this poem!