《黍离》修辞方法浅说

A interpretation about the rhetoric of Shu Li(黍离:Millet luxuriant)

《诗经·黍离》运用了互文见义的修辞方式 ,以黍、稷的由长苗到抽穗到结实来表现时间从夏至秋的推移 ,从而体现出诗人行役之久、内心之苦。

In composing the poem Shu Li,which is collected in The Book of Songs,the poet took advantage of a rhetorical form of arranging different words and phrases in the two consecutive sentences so as to be understood through co-reference.Though the poem describes the growing of Shu and Ji from seedling through earing to seed-bearing,it,in fact,indicates the elapsing of time from spring through summer to autumn,thus denoting the long period of time during which the poet had to serve corvée for the sovereign,and expressing the untold suffering he felt in his heart.This writing technique has been producing a positive effect on Chinese poetry and prose writing of later generations.