Su Shi's achievements in Ci poetry have always been talked about by people. Now, let's turn around and appreciate Su Shi's poems again. Poetry is different from words, and its format is relatively fixed, simple, boring, old-fashioned and rigid. Poetry is divided into five words and seven words, and the format of poetry is only four sentences and eight sentences respectively. Even the permutation and combination can't escape the four combinations, so it makes people feel boring over time, which is why the later words won fame as soon as they were introduced.
However, Su Shi's poems give people a faint bright color, which makes people feel fresh and incomparable, and also makes people feel open-minded and frank. For example, his "Drinking Chu Qingyu on the Lake" vividly depicts the landscape and personifies the West Lake, creating a masterpiece through the ages.
Similarly, the first two sentences of this seven-character poem describe the scenery, and the last two sentences express the distant feelings through the nearby scenery. Look at the first two sentences. In the bright sunshine, the water in the West Lake looks very clear and beautiful. On rainy days, the West Lake is surrounded by mountains, full of clouds and wonderful colors. It's also wonderful. The last two sentences are lyrical by borrowing scenery. The original intention is to compare the West Lake to the West Lake, just like a young beauty. No matter how you dress up, it looks good. In fact, it expresses the author's yearning for nature and his love for West Lake in Hangzhou, which is beyond words.