桂魄初生秋露微，轻罗已薄未更衣。
银筝夜久殷勤弄，心怯空房不忍归。
首句点明HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shijian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>时间，夜幕初临，月充刚刚从东方升起，秋露虽生，却还微薄稀少，说明HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/tianqi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>天气已经凉爽，但还不觉寒冷，给人一种清凉之感，烘托出女主人公清冷HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/guji/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>孤寂的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xinqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心情。这与下面一句正好相互呼应，由于HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/tianqi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>天气已凉，所穿的轻盈细软的罗衣，已感到单薄了。但还不觉得寒冷难忍，所以还没更换衣服。字里间隐隐充溢出女主人公因秋凉需要更衣而HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念远方HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zhangfu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>丈夫的情愫。
第三句写女主人公的弹筝行动，实际是以HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/lequ/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>乐曲HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>寄情。讲述女主人公一直在室外弹筝，从HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yueliang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>月亮初升一直到夜深，仍然在频频弹拨，丝毫没有回房的意思。实写女主人公迷恋弹筝，以至废寝忘餐。实则醉翁之意不在酒，她并不是因为爱弹筝爱得入迷才这样，而是“心怯空房不忍归”，以揭穿了女主人公内心处的秘密。
末句以巧妙的构思和奇特的表现方法，通过女主人公的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xinli/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心理活动，展示了她独守空房的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/aiyuan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>哀怨。写女主人公在深深HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念着远出的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zhangfu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>丈夫，夜不能寐，不愿独守空房，只有借弹筝来排遣HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/qiliang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>凄凉HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jimo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>寂寞的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/qinghuai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情怀。房空，心更空虚，其情HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/beiqie/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悲切。
此诗前两句是HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xiejing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>写景，写得颇为HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/youxian2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悠闲，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/qiuye/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋夜微凉，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jingwu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>景物HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/qiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>凄清；诗人描写了一种清冷的景象，以此为“背景”，再写女主人公的“衣着”，以衬托其HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/guji/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>孤寂。末两句是写情，主人公HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jimo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>寂寞难寝，殷勤弄筝，接写“弹筝”的行动，似迷恋HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/lequ/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>乐曲，实际上以HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/lequ/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>乐曲HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>寄情。末句画龙点睛，通过正面HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shuqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>抒情，对HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/sifu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思妇的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xinli/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心理活动，进行了生动深刻的刻划，顿觉无限HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/youyuan2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>幽怨之情跃然于纸上。
此诗语极HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/woiwan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>委婉，情极细腻，把儿女羞涩的情感遮掩得严严实实。诗人借用女主人公HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xinli/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心理活动来展示其独守空房的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/aiyuan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>哀怨，曲尽其妙；代写HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/sifu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思妇心境，抒发内心空虚的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/tongku/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>痛苦，更显深刻细腻生动，流露出女主人公独守空房、HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zhangfu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>丈夫的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yuanqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>怨情，表现出诗人诗艺的功力。