From Zhao Shixiu, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty.
On a rainy night in Huangmei season, frogs croak in the grass pond in the country. At this time, it was midnight, but my friend didn't come as promised, and he knocked on the chess pieces in boredom, and the lamp ash fell on the chessboard.
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"It rains at home in Huangmei season, and frogs are everywhere in the grass pond." The first two sentences of the poem describe the scenery and a picture of summer rain in the south of the Yangtze River. In the rainy season, the rain is continuous, the pond is rising, the frogs are constantly screaming, and the rural scenery is so fresh, quiet, harmonious and wonderful. However, "all scenery words are sentimental words", and the poet here is not writing scenery for the sake of writing scenery, but has entrusted his complicated thoughts and feelings of being alone in the scenery.
"I can't make an appointment at midnight" makes the title of the poem clear, and also makes the description of the scenery and sound in the above two sentences in place. I had an appointment with a guest, but no one came after midnight. There is no doubt that the constant night rain prevented my friends from keeping the appointment. Sleepless at night shows that the poet has been waiting for a long time and is full of hope. At this point, the situation of unexpected guests seems to have been finished, but a small note at the end of the sentence makes the poem colorful.
"Knocking on chess pieces and landing on snuff" is only a small dynamic of the poet, but in this dynamic, it describes the poet's anxiety and expectation in detail. Because you can't play chess by yourself, you can say "knock on the chess pieces". Chess pieces are not for knocking, but for knocking, reflecting the anguish in loneliness; The word "leisure" expresses boredom, and behind this word, the poet's disappointment and anxiety are implied.
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