“It rains every house during the yellow plum season, and there are frogs everywhere in the grassy ponds.” The first two lines of the poem describe the scenery, depicting a picture of summer rain in the south of the Yangtze River. During the plum rain season, there are continuous rains, swollen ponds, and constant sound of frogs. The rural scenery is so fresh, quiet, harmonious, and beautiful. However, "all scenery language is love language". The poet here does not write scenery for the sake of describing scenery, but embodies his own complex thoughts and feelings in the scenery. "Every Family Rain" not only depicts the omnipresence and rapid intensity of summer plum rain, expressing the freshness and tranquility of the rural scene, but also hints at the objective reasons why guests cannot keep their appointments as scheduled, revealing the poet's helplessness towards the rainy weather of continuous plum rain. "Frogs Everywhere" not only describes the sound of frogs in the pond, but also uses the sound to set off the silence, which highlights the quiet and harmonious atmosphere of the rural night during the rainy season. It also reflects the poet's loneliness and restlessness. These two poems vividly and truly express the unique psychological feeling of the poet when he is waiting for a guest alone in the dead of night from the visual and auditory aspects respectively, but the guest never appears. The continuous rain showers all over the countryside and the constant drumming of frogs are originally very harmonious and beautiful, but what is annoying is that this continuous rain prevents friends from keeping their promises, and the sound of frogs like drums disturbs the poet's state of mind. At this moment, the poet hopes that his friend will come as scheduled, rain or shine, and play chess with him to relieve his worries.
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It rains every time during the yellow plum season, 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.