"Little Pond" is a seven-character quatrain composed by the Song Dynasty poet Yang Wanli. In this poem, the author uses rich and novel imagination and personification techniques to delicately describe the characteristics and changes of the natural scenery around the pond.

Poetry of "Little Pond"

This poem is a fresh and refreshing poem that describes the beautiful scenery of the pond in early summer. Everything is so delicate, so soft, and so affectionate. It's like a colorful ink painting of flowers, plants, insects and birds. In the painting, the pools, springs, streams, lotuses and dragonflies are all small, yet exquisite and full of vitality. Original poem and translation of "Little Pond"

Song Dynasty: Yang Wanli

The spring is silent and cherishes the trickle, and the shade of the tree shines on the water, loving the clear and soft water.

The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and a dragonfly has already stood on it.

Translation:

The spring is silent because it is reluctant to let go of the thin water. The shade of the trees reflected in the water likes the soft scenery on this sunny day.

As soon as the pointed corners of the little lotus leaf emerged from the water, there was already a little dragonfly standing on it. Appreciation

In the first sentence, closely following the title, write about the source of the small pond, a trickling spring water. The spring water flows out from the entrance of the cave without making any sound, of course it is very small. The spring water flowing out formed a thin stream, which was even smaller. This is very common, but the author added the word "cherish" out of thin air, saying that it seems that the spring cherishes this trickle and is stingy and unwilling to let it flow any more. So this poem immediately started to fly, becoming sentimental, interesting, and full of humanity.

The second sentence writes about the shade of trees covering the water in the clear and soft scenery. This is also a very common thing, but the poet adds the word "love", as if covering the small pool with her coolness to prevent the water from evaporating and drying up, thus turning ruthlessness into affection. Moreover, the poem uses shadows to focus on the soft branches dancing on the water, which is very ethereal.

The third or fourth sentence narrows the focus and writes about a small lotus in the pond and the dragonfly on the lotus. Xiao He had just exposed her budding tender tip out of the water, revealing its vitality, but there was already a small dragonfly standing on this tip, as if it wanted to get there first and enjoy the spring scenery. Xiaohe and Dragonfly, one is a "talent" and the other is "already there", look at everything around them with a novel perspective and capture the fleeting scenery.