Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Bai Juyi
Original text:
A child propped up the boat and secretly picked the white lotus back.
He didn't know how to hide the trail. The duckweed on the water left a boat on the trail.
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A child punted and secretly picked white lotus.
He didn't know how to hide the trace. A boat crossed the duckweed on the water.
To annotate ...
1. Baby: boy or girl. Ship: Ship.
2. Bai Lianhua: Bai Lianhua.
3. Trace: refers to the duckweed that was rowed by the boat.
4. Duckweed: an aquatic plant with oval leaves floating on the water, fibrous roots under the leaves and white flowers in summer.
This poem is about a child stealing white lotus. From the little hero in the poem to his departure, there is only a piece of duckweed, with colorful scenery, action description and psychological description, meticulous realism and full of interest; And the cute image of this little hero, who is innocent, lively and naughty, is even more vivid and lifelike.
In the poem, the poet narrated a little thing in a little doll's life, accurately captured the little doll's instant mood and drew a picture of picking lotus flowers. In the summer when the lotus is in full bloom, innocent and lively children paddle boats and secretly go to the pool to pick Bai Lianhua to play. I picked the lotus in high spirits and forgot to leave quietly without telling the adults. I didn't know and didn't expect to hide my tracks. I came back with my boat swaggering, and the boat gently shook the duckweed on the water, leaving clear and obvious traces of the waterway. The poet described the little doll in his poems with his unique popular style, which was very lovely and amiable. The whole poem is like vernacular, full of charm.
Bai Juyi is a great poet who is good at writing narrative poems. His long narrative poems are full of twists and turns, beautiful details and the poet's own feelings. Similarly, the sketches in his poems are more popular. Two unique poems on the pool are such a group of poems describing ordinary life. With its unique popular style, the poet wrote two small scenes: lovely, amiable and credible.