The poem Waterfall describes what and what shape the waterfall sounds like, and the poet compares the waterfall to stacked waves surging up the shore and beach, gusts of wind blowing through the pine forest, a silver, a screen of pearls.

Original text

Before I saw the waterfall,

I heard the sound of the waterfall first,

as if stacked waves surged up the shore and beach,

and as if a gust of wind blew through the pine forest.

The trail suddenly turned,

Ah! Looking out over the full body of the waterfall!

It's a sight that can't be compared,

A thousand green mountains against a silver.

Standing at the foot of the waterfall and looking up,

It's great, a screen of pearls!

There comes a wind at times,

blowing it like smoke, like mist, like dust.

"Waterfall" is a landscape poem containing deep feelings, through the vivid description of the waterfall, highlighting the magnificence of the motherland's mountains and rivers, and expressing the author's incomparable love for the motherland's mountains and rivers. The whole poem *** three sections, respectively, describing the sound of the waterfall, see the waterfall from afar and see the waterfall near the scene.

The poem is concise, full of flavor, vivid similes, words and phrases, depicting the majesty of the waterfall, expressing the author's love of nature. The poem uses superimposed sentences, couplets and prose, very rich in rhythm. It is catchy to read.

Expanded Information

The author describes the waterfall in the order from far to near.

①The trail suddenly turned, ah! I saw the whole body of the waterfall! It's a sight that can't be compared to a thousand green hills lined with silver.

The waterfall is compared to "a silver" on "a thousand green hills", which is graphic and vivid, and shows the color, appearance, location and momentum of the waterfall, as well as the colorful beauty of the green hills and white water and the dynamic beauty of the waterfall. It also shows the colorful beauty of the green mountains and white water and the dynamic beauty of the waterfall. The author's love and admiration are also revealed.

②Standing at the foot of the waterfall and looking up, so great ah, a screen of pearls! From time to time comes a wind, blowing it like smoke, like mist, like dust.

The flow of the waterfall is compared to the screen full of pearls, how interesting ah, we also seem to see the shiny waterfall. Pearl color white, round shape, crystal clear, glossy dazzling people. Waterfall down the mountain, and rock impact, splash, sunshine, is also crystal clear, very moving.

"Waterfall" text author

China's famous educator Ye Shengtao (1894 - 1968), name Shaojun, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, a famous writer, educator, his father in the landlord's house as a billing, the family's poor situation. 1907 admitted to the Caoqiao Middle School, graduated from an elementary school as an instructor. 1914 was excluded from the school, the closure of the period of composition novels published in the "Saturday" magazine. In 1914, he was ostracized from the school and wrote novels published in magazines such as "Saturday".

In the fall of 1915, he went to Shanghai to teach Chinese literature at the Shanggong School attached to the Commercial Press, and compiled elementary school Chinese textbooks for the Commercial Press. 1917, he was recruited to teach at the Fifth Higher Elementary School in Luzhi County, Wu County, which he called his second hometown. 1921, he initiated the organization of the "Society for the Study of Literature" together with Shen Yanbing and Zheng Zhenduo. "

In 1921, he and Shen Yanbing and Zheng Zhenduo initiated the organization of the Literary Research Society.

In the 1920s, he published short story collections such as The Diaphragm, Fire, Under the Wire, In the City, and The Collection of Undesired Stories, as well as a full-length novel, Ni Huanzhi (Ni Huanzhi). Most of the early novels depicted the gray life of intellectuals and ordinary citizens, represented by works such as Mr. Pan in Difficulty.

Then he turned to major themes related to the struggles of the times, such as Night and Ni Huanzhi, which reflected the social reality before and after the First Civil Revolutionary War in a more profound way. His novels are characterized by a simple, cold and refined artistic style.

After the September 18th Incident, he actively took part in patriotic anti-Japanese activities, and published famous short stories such as "Three to Five Pipes More", and his skills became more and more mature. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he moved to Sichuan to work and live, writing mainly essays and literary reviews. His main collections of essays include Footsteps, Unwillingness to Live, Xichuan Collection, and Ten Little Notes.

His prose is simple in feeling, meaningful in meaning and clean in language, and most of it has a strong social content. Lotus Roots and Brasenia, In the Rapid Rain of May 31, Petunia, and Spring Union, etc., are famous pieces of his prose with their own characteristics.

Ye Shengtao was also a pioneer in the creation of modern Chinese fairy tales. The fairy tale collection "The Scarecrow" shows the suffering of the working people, but sometimes the atmosphere seems to be low and sad, and the later fairy tale collection "Stone Statues of Ancient Heroes" focuses on the collective strength of the people's unity in fighting against violence.

His fairy tales are original and unique in conception, delicate and realistic in description, and rich in realistic content. Lu Xun said that Ye Shengtao's "The Scarecrow" opened a way for Chinese fairy tales to create their own" ("Table - Translator's Words").

Ye Shengtao taught in high schools and universities in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing from 1921, and was engaged in editing and publishing from 1923, serving as editor of the Commercial Press and the Kai Ming Bookstore, and editing a variety of important publications such as Literature Weekly, Novel Monthly, and Middle School Students, and discovering, cultivating, and recommending writers such as Ba Jin, Ding Ling, and Dai Wangshu.

He also published many collections of poems, commentaries and treatises, and edited dozens of primary and secondary school language textbooks. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he devoted himself to the leadership of culture and education, serving as president of the People's Education Publishing House, vice minister of the Ministry of Education, director of the Central Museum of Literature and History, and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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