I also learned all the poems about planting melons under the shade of mulberry trees

Twelve Miscellaneous Poems of Summer Resort (7)

Year: Song Author: Fan Chengda

During the day, weeding in the fields and rubbing hemp thread at home at night, the men and women in the village took on all the housework.

Although the children don't plow and weave, they also learn a kind of melon in the shade of mulberry trees.

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Cutting land during the day and rubbing hemp at night, both men and women on the farm do their own things.

Children don't know how to farm and weave, but also learn to grow melons under the shade of mulberry trees.

Brief analysis

This poem describes a scene of rural life in early summer. The first sentence, "Go out during the day and play hemp at night", writes the labor scene directly. The second sentence "the children in the village mind their own affairs" refers to men and women. The whole poem uses the tone of an old farmer, and "children" refers to young people. "Being in charge" means that men and women are not allowed to be idle and make their own decisions. In the third sentence, "children and grandchildren are not prepared for farming and weaving", and "children and grandchildren" refer to those children who can neither farm nor weave, but are not idle. They have been in contact with and love labor since childhood, so they "learn to grow melons under the shade of mulberry trees" and learn to grow melons under the lush mulberry trees. This is a common phenomenon in rural areas, but it is quite distinctive. The conclusion shows the naive interest of rural children. With a fresh style, the poet described the tense working atmosphere in rural areas in early summer in a more delicate way, which made it interesting to read.