晚景落琼杯，照眼云山翠作堆。认得岷峨春雪浪，初来，万顷蒲萄涨渌醅。
春雨暗阳台，乱洒歌楼湿粉腮。一阵东风来卷地，吹回，落照江天一半开。
上阕写词人在临皋亭上看到的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/huanghun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>黄昏景致。“晚景落琼杯，照眼云HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山翠作堆。”起首两句新奇突兀，用夸张的手法写出水天一色的景致。放眼望去，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/bangwan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>傍晚的云HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山显得苍翠欲滴，夜色与HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山色交相辉映，倒映在琼杯一样的江中，仿佛将满江春水都染成了绿色。阔大的“晚景”落在精致的“琼杯”里，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/biyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>比喻与夸张两种手法双管齐下，营造出新颖生动的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yijing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>意境。
“认得岷峨春HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xue/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雪浪，初来，万顷蒲萄涨渌醅。”作者看着满眼碧绿的江面，回想起初到黄州时，见到这碧波荡漾如葡萄美酒般的江水，竟认为是由岷HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山与峨眉HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山上的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xue/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雪浪融化而来的。苏轼《与范子丰八首》其八曾有言：“临皋亭下不数十步，便是大江，其半是峨眉HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xue/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雪水，吾饮食沐浴皆取焉，何必HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/guixiang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>归乡哉！”作者见到这样的景致，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/ziran/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>自然而然地HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/lianxiang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>联想到峨眉HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xue/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雪浪，勾起了HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xiangsi2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>乡思之情。
下阕由静景转向描写动景，写HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/chunyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨骤降骤停，更为满江春水增添了新的情调。“HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/chunyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨暗阳台，乱洒歌楼湿粉腮”写HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/chunyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨来势迅疾，而来不及防避。因满江碧波，作者的思绪正飘向万里之外的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/guxiang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>故乡，忽然天色骤暗，迅疾的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/chunyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨倾泻而下，打湿了未及躲避的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/moiren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>美人的粉腮。
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