What is the poetic style of Li Sao?

The poetic style of Lisao is Chu Ci, written in Chu dialect. These 370-odd sentences, with nearly 2,500 words, are the longest lyric poems in China's ancient literary works.

The whole poem first narrates the lineage, origin, morality and interests, and then repeatedly expresses the poet's lofty political ideals, tells his indignation at persecution, criticizes the dark and dirty reality, and expresses the poet's pursuit of ideals and love for the motherland through the strange imagination.

However, the poet's ideal can't break the shackles of the real environment, and the idea of traveling far away is finally overwhelmed by the feelings of the old country. Neither contradiction can be solved, which can only lead to a tragic ending. The touching tragic beauty is the remarkable feature of the plot and content of this article.

The Artistic Features of Li Sao

In art, it has a magnificent structure and gorgeous language, and its most prominent feature is the use of metaphor and symbolism. "Ode to Great Shun" makes friends with legendary figures, takes the cloud as the flag, follows the wind, follows the thunder, guards the dragon and phoenix as attendants, respects the sun and the moon with pride, is more loyal than the beauty of fragrant grass, is more strange than the stink of evil birds, has profound implications, fantastic thoughts, changeable rhythms and is full of positive romanticism.

Lu Xun's evaluation of Li Sao is "an excellent speech." The world marvels at his literary talent and tries to imitate it, which occupies a lofty position in the history of China literature.