It was the middle of winter in the north, and in some places it was also snowing heavily.
I remember when I was a kid, the most exciting thing was snow. Especially in the morning, when I push open the window and see that the outside is wrapped in silver and has become a fairytale-like world, I often shout and jump up with joy.
There are many poems of ancient Yongxue, but Bai Juyi's Tang poem "Snow" is ingenious, and in just 20 words, he wrote an intoxicating night snow poem.
snow
Bai Juyi (Tang)
The pillow is cold,
See the window again.
The night knows the snow is heavy,
When you hear the sound of bamboo folding.
The north wind was howling, and it was a very cold winter. In such weather, the great poet Bai Juyi read the book for a while, baked the fire for a while, and went to bed early.
However, in the middle of the night, he woke up from a shiver, touched the bed and pillow, and it was still cold. He couldn't help but curse, "What a ghost weather this is!" ”
At this moment, the great white poet suddenly found that the window revealed a faint bright light, so he opened the curtains and looked, Wow! It turned out to be snowing heavily!
Immersed in the picturesque snow scene, the resentment in his heart disappeared suddenly, the bed did not seem to be so cold, lying on the bed imagining the beauty after dawn.
In the second half of the night, the snow seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and Bai Juyi heard the sound of "creaking" from time to time in bed, probably the bamboo outside the window was crushed by the snow.
This poem is short and concise, but it is very special to read. Where is it in particular?
In the poems describing snow, there are often a bunch of exquisite metaphors or anthropomorphic techniques to write about how beautiful the snow scene is. But what about this poem?
The poet did not directly describe the snow scene, but instead, all through the side of the foil, all of which is the subjective feeling of the poet, making people feel that they are Bai Juyi, as if they are immersed in the scene.
In the first sentence, the poet describes how cold the weather is and how he is awakened by freezing.
In the second sentence, the poet suddenly finds that it is snowing outside the window, but the poet does not write about the snow scene, but adopts a hazy brushwork, allowing us to imagine it ourselves.
In the third sentence, the poet went into the bed and continued to sleep, but the snow made him excited, and he couldn't sleep. The poet lay quietly on the bed listening to the snow.
In the fourth sentence, the poet tells us by hearing that the snow in the night is getting heavier and heavier, why? Because he heard what sounded like bamboo being broken by heavy snow.
In fact, the core word of this poem is "surprise". In the poem, Bai Juyi was surprised three times.
For the first time, after sleeping in the middle of the night, the bed and pillow were still cold, and the poet was helplessly surprised.
The second time, when the poet woke up from the freeze, he saw a bright light coming from the window, and it turned out to be snowing, and the poet was surprised with joy.
The third time, the poet heard the sound of bamboo folding, imagining how beautiful the snow would be after dawn, and the poet expressed a romantic surprise in his heart.
The poet uses pure subjective feelings to lead us into a poetic snow night, but the snow scene can only make people imagine, adding some mystery and more intoxicating. The verses seem simple, but they are endlessly evocative, and this technique can only be done by a wise poet.