Literal meaning of the poem: the red crown on the head doesn't need to be specially cut, and the cock brings its own white feathers. It dares not sing easily all its life. When it called, the doors of thousands of families were opened.
The whole poem is as follows: you don't need to cut the red crown on your head, and you will walk in the snow-covered future. It didn't dare to cry all its life. When it was called, the door of every family was opened.
Appreciation of the whole poem:
Painting a Chicken is an inscription poem, which depicts the beautiful and noble image of a rooster, praises the character of not singing easily, but singing moving, and also shows the poet's mental outlook and thoughts and feelings.
"You don't have to cut off the red crown on your head, but you will walk in the future in white." This is the action and way of writing a rooster. Wearing a natural red crown that does not need to be cut, the whole body is white, and I am coming face to face with great interest. The poet uses the contrast of description and color to outline a big cock with red crown and white feather, which is majestic and majestic. The "red crown on the head" in the first sentence describes the red crown on the cock's head. In this first sentence, the poet pays more attention to the natural beauty of the rooster without modification, so the poet praises this beauty as "no need to cut" The phrase "all white" also describes the white feathers of the rooster from the whole body. Clear, from partial to comprehensive; Compared with the red crown on the cock's head, the large area of white (cock) has a strong color contrast, depicting the beautiful and noble image of the cock.
"I dare not speak out of turn in my life, so I will ask thousands of families to open it." This is about the psychology and voice of a rooster. The poet's imitation of a chicken reveals its psychological state of being afraid to speak easily in life. When it chirps, it means the dawn. As soon as it is called, every family should open the door to welcome the new day. "Never dare to speak out of turn in one's life", the poet's poetic road took a sharp turn, saying that a rooster would never dare to crow casually all his life. This sentence is restrained and low-key, especially the word "dare not", which is used properly, paving the way for the conclusion of the fourth sentence and has a comparative effect on the next sentence.