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This poem is about the quiet and harmonious atmosphere of the country night during the plum rain season. The poet comes alone to visit the guests. The guest never had the unique psychological feeling when he showed up. It shows the poet's loneliness and restlessness.
Original text of "Yo Ke" by Zhao Shixiu of the Song Dynasty:
In the yellow plum season, it rains everywhere, and frogs are everywhere in the grassy ponds.
I didn’t come over at midnight because I had an appointment, so I knocked on the chess pieces and let the lanterns fall.
Vernacular interpretation:
When the plums are yellow, every house is shrouded in the rain, and the sound of frogs can be heard from the edge of the grassy pond. It was past midnight, and the invited guests had not yet arrived. I tapped the chess pieces in boredom, shaking off the knots that had formed on the wick of the oil lamp.
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"It rains in every house during the yellow plum season." The beginning of the work first points out the season, "Huangmei season", that is, the plums are yellow and ripe. The rainy season in Jiangnan. Then he wrote the special features of the "Huangmei Season" using the three words "Every Family Rain", depicting a misty and rainy Jiangnan poetry and painting, where every household is shrouded in the drizzle.
"There are frogs everywhere in the grass pond." In this sentence, the poet uses the grass pond shrouded in misty rain and the deafening croaking of frogs to reflect the unique quiet beauty of summer nights in the south of the Yangtze River. The more the frogs sound one after another, the more deafening they are, and the more they highlight the silence of the summer night. This is a commonly used technique in literary works, using movement to describe stillness.
"I have an appointment and I won't come until midnight." This sentence clarifies the title of the poem and also makes the description of the scenery and sounds in the two sentences above clear. The use of "an appointment" points out that the poet once "made an appointment" to visit.
"Midnight" shows that the waiting time is long. The host waited patiently and a little anxiously. He originally expected the guest to knock on the door, but all he heard was a burst of The sound of rain and frogs, in contrast, show the author's anxious mood.
"Idlely knocking chess pieces and falling lanterns" is the poetic eye of the whole poem, which makes the poem suddenly shine. The poet's guest did not arrive for a long time, and the wick was gradually burning out. When the poet was bored, he subconsciously tapped the chess pieces on the chessboard, and the sound of knocking knocked all the lanterns down.
The poet was knocking the chess pieces quietly alone, looking at the table full of lanterns. His friend had not been waiting for a long time. Although it made him impatient, the poet's mood broke away from the waiting at this moment and was intoxicated outside the window. The scenery and blending into it, found unique happiness.
By rendering the provocative environment and the detailed action of "knocking chess pieces", the whole poem not only describes the scene of the poet waiting for the guests to visit on a rainy night, but also writes about the situation when the guests have not yet arrived. The feeling of melancholy can be described as both physical and spiritual. The whole poem has a strong flavor of life, and is free from the habit of carving. It is clear and beautiful and can be recited.
When people are lonely and anxious, they often subconsciously make a monotonous mechanical movement, as if they are deliberately trying to make a little noise to break the silence and dilute their worries. The poet here "knocks chess pieces" , exactly such an action.
Although the "falling lantern flowers" are caused by the chess game, it also euphemistically expresses the situation of the wick burning for a long time and the guests coming for a long time. The image of the poet's despair and frustration also emerges vividly. This poem is about the plum rain. The quiet and harmonious atmosphere of the seasonal countryside at night, and the unique psychological feeling of the poet when he is alone expecting a guest but the guest never appears. It shows the poet's loneliness and restlessness.
Original text of "Yo Ke" by Zhao Shixiu of the Song Dynasty:
In the yellow plum season, it rains everywhere, and frogs are everywhere in the grassy ponds.
I didn’t come over at midnight because I had an appointment, so I knocked on the chess pieces and let the lanterns fall.
Vernacular interpretation:
When the plums are yellow, every house is shrouded in rain, and the sound of frogs can be heard from the edge of the grassy pond. It was past midnight, and the invited guests had not yet arrived. I tapped the chess pieces in boredom, shaking off the knots that had formed on the wick of the oil lamp.
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Article appreciation:
"It rains in every house during the yellow plum season." The beginning of the work first points out the season, "Huangmei season", that is, the plums are yellow and ripe. The rainy season in Jiangnan. Then he wrote the special features of the "Huangmei Season" using the three words "Every Family Rain", depicting a misty and rainy Jiangnan poetry and painting, where every household is shrouded in the drizzle.
“There are frogs everywhere in the grassy pond.” In this sentence, the poet uses the grassy pond shrouded in misty rain and the deafening croaking of frogs to reflect the unique quiet beauty of summer nights in the south of the Yangtze River. The more the frogs sound one after another, the more deafening they are, and the more they highlight the silence of the summer night. This is a commonly used technique in literary works, using movement to describe stillness.
"I have an appointment and I won't come until midnight." This sentence clarifies the title of the poem and also makes the description of the scenery and sounds in the two sentences above clear. The use of "an appointment" points out that the poet once "made an appointment" to visit.
"Midnight" shows that the waiting time is long. The host waited patiently and a little anxiously. He originally expected the guest to knock on the door, but all he heard was a burst of The sound of rain and frogs, in contrast, show the author's anxious mood.
"Idlely knocking chess pieces and falling lanterns" is the poetic eye of the whole poem, which makes the poem suddenly shine. The poet's guest did not arrive for a long time, and the wick was gradually burning out. When the poet was bored, he subconsciously tapped the chess pieces on the chessboard, and the sound of knocking knocked all the lanterns down.
The poet was knocking the chess pieces quietly alone, looking at the table full of lanterns. His friend had not been waiting for a long time. Although it made him impatient, the poet's mood broke away from the waiting at this moment and was intoxicated outside the window. The scenery and blending into it, found unique happiness.
By rendering the provocative environment and the detailed action of "knocking chess pieces", the whole poem not only describes the scene of the poet waiting for the guests to visit on a rainy night, but also writes about the situation when the guests have not yet arrived. The feeling of melancholy can be described as both physical and spiritual. The whole poem has a strong flavor of life, and is free from the habit of carving. It is clear and beautiful and can be recited.
When people are lonely and anxious, they often subconsciously make a monotonous mechanical movement, as if they are deliberately trying to make a little noise to break the silence and dilute their worries. The poet here "knocks chess pieces" , exactly such an action.
Although the "falling lantern flowers" are caused by the chess game, it also euphemistically expresses the situation of the wick burning for a long time and the long stay of the guests, and the poet's dejected and frustrated image emerges vividly on the page. The detail of playing chess contains multiple layers of connotations. There are words that are close to the heart, but there are also charms that cannot be expressed. This shows the importance of capturing typical details in artistic creation.
Another obvious feature of this poem is the use of contrast.
The first two sentences describe "home" outdoors