make an appointment

Song ● Zhao Shixiu

It rains at home in Huangmei season.

Frogs are everywhere in the grass pond.

I can't make an appointment for midnight,

Knock the chess pieces at will and fall black and blue.

Poetry annotation

Invite guests: invite guests to meet.

② Huangmei season: During April and May of the lunar calendar, plums in the south of the Yangtze River ripen yellow, mostly during rainy days, so it is called "Huangmei season" as the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River.

(3) It rains at home: every family catches up with the rain. Describe rain, everywhere.

Frogs are everywhere: frogs are jumping and croaking everywhere.

5 dating: invite friends.

⑥ Falling into snuff: In the old society, the oil lamp was used for lighting, and the wick burned out, falling like a shining little flower.

The theme of poetry and prose

May Huang Shi, every household is shrouded in misty rain.

There were ponds full of grass everywhere, and frogs broke out.

The invited guests said they hadn't come yet, and the time passed quickly after midnight.

I knocked on the table with a chess piece in my hand, waiting for the guests, only to see snuff drop a flower every once in a while. ...

Appreciation of poetry and prose

The first two sentences explain the environment and season at that time. Huangmei, the sound of rain, the pond and the sound of frogs describe the summer night scene in the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River: the sound of rain and the sound of frogs are endless. Reading makes people feel immersive, as if it is drizzling around and frogs are barking around. This seemingly lively environment, in fact, the poet wants to reflect its silence.

The last two issues show people and things. The master waited patiently and anxiously, doing nothing, "knocking" the chess pieces and quietly looking at the sparkling snuff. The third sentence, "I have an appointment and won't come after midnight", points out that the poet invited guests to visit. After midnight shows a long waiting time. I was expecting the guest's knock on the door, but I only heard a burst of rain and frogs, which showed the author's anxious mood. The fourth sentence, "Knocking on chess pieces", is a detailed description. The poet can't wait long for the invitation, and the wick is very long. When the poet is bored, he subconsciously knocks the black and white pieces on the chessboard and knocks down the snuff with the sound of chess. This gesture seems leisurely, but it actually reflects the poet's inner anxiety.

The whole poem not only describes the poet's scene of waiting for a guest to visit on a rainy night, but also writes the feeling of disappointment that the guest has not arrived, which can be described as both form and spirit. The whole poem has a strong flavor of life and gets rid of the habit of carving, so it is beautiful and can be recited.