It is easy to learn as long as you are interested in it.
The main methods for learning ancient poetry:
1. Combine the annotations to understand the background of creation.
For example, Yang Wanli's "Four Quatrains on First Entering the Huaihe River". If there is no annotation under the poem, we only think that it is a poem describing a scene. But with the annotations, we can judge that the poem is describing the scenery on the surface, but in fact it is expressing the author's pain and helplessness at the separation of the north and the south of the country through the description of the scenery, and the strong desire for the reunification of the country and the free movement of the people.
2. Understand the poet’s life. Such as Li Misun's "Spring Day". Literally speaking, the spring environment described by the author is quiet and desolate, and the mood is depressed. But answering the question at this level is not enough. Combining the poet's life, we can know that Li Misun successively held the posts of Zhongshu Sheren, Hubu Shilang, etc., but was dismissed because he tried his best to oppose Qin Hui's surrender policy. The information we get from this is: Politically, he went from a high and powerful position to a position of power and power, and in terms of human relations, he went from noisy carriages and horses in front of the door to a deserted house. So this low mood is his political frustration and loneliness and his lament for the harshness of the world.
3. Clarify the symbolic meaning of the image. The images in classical poetry generally have fixed symbolic meanings. For example, pine and plum trees symbolize noble integrity; peonies symbolize wealth; willow trees symbolize farewell and nostalgia. When poets use these images, they usually connect them with themselves to express their ambitions. In this way, based on their inherent symbolic meaning and combined with specific poems, the main idea is not difficult to understand.
4. Be good at discovering the "eye for poetry". In a poem, the poetic eye often reflects the emotional tone of the whole poem and shows the thoughts of the whole poem. It is the vocabulary in poetry that best embodies the spirit of things, expresses the poet's feelings, and has the strongest generalization power. Appreciating poetry is to grasp the most refined and expressive words in the poem to taste it, and see its role in expanding the artistic conception of the poem and conveying the poet's emotions.
5. Use the structure of poetry to understand the content of poetry. Poems that touch the scene and evoke emotions usually first have the scene and then the emotion; poems that use the scenery to express emotions usually start with the emotion and then the scene. Understanding the structure of poetry can help us understand its content faster and better.