The "cicada" image in Li Shangyin's poems apparently differs from the "cicada" in the past poets "ones. Li didn't take pains to describe the cicada's self-containedness and otherworldness but focused on explica- ting the melancholy connotation embodied in the cicada. Li's "cicada" has such a connotation, for it mainly origi- nates from his depressed, sensitive and tragic character and the dispirited atmosphere in the late Tang dynasty.%李商隐笔下的"蝉"与以往诗人所吟咏的"蝉"有很明显的区别,他没有着意抒写"蝉"的清高不食,而是重在阐发"蝉"所蕴含的幽怨惆怅的涵义。李商隐诗歌中的"蝉"之所以会有这样的内涵,主要源于他幽愁敏感的悲剧性格和晚唐颓丧的时代风气。
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