The Book of Songs: Quail Running: A woman's reprimand for a man who is not single-minded!

The running of quail is the strength of magpie. People are unscrupulous, I thought my brother.

Magpies are strong, quails run. People are unscrupulous, I think you are.

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Quails often pair up at home, Qi Fei the Magpie.

But this man has no virtue, so why respect him as a brother?

Magpies fly in pairs, and quails often fly in pairs at home.

How can this man be called king without virtue?

analyse

This is a poem in which a woman accuses a man of disloyalty. The whole poem begins with a metaphor, saying, "Quails run, magpies are strong", which means that quails and magpies walk in pairs, warning people to do the same at home. The word "unscrupulous" followed, depicting a character with no moral bottom line and no discipline. The person she respects is a capricious, reckless and heartless person. The contrast between before and after obviously strengthens the critical significance of poetry.

Although there is no image of the protagonist in the poem, the sharp contrast between before and after makes the image of an ungrateful person vivid and can arouse people's inner disgust and disgust.

As for the ungrateful person in the poem, it may mean that this woman may be abandoned by him or Xuan's sister; This man may also be just an ordinary person, who has just abandoned his own woman, often changes his mind and is reviled by his own woman or his close relatives and sisters. In either case, the theme of this poem is that women reprimand men for their willfulness, disregard of rules and misconduct.

The poem is short, but the momentum is amazing. In the first two chapters of the poem, the first one or two sentences overlap repeatedly, but the overlapping position is not monotonous, which is commendable, because the clever use of skills in poetry creation not only enhances the momentum of the poem, but also does not appear repetitive.

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