一钩初月临妆镜，蝉鬓凤钗慵不整。重帘静，层楼迥，惆怅落花风不定。
柳堤芳草径，梦断辘轳金井。昨夜更阑酒醒，春愁过却病。
这首词以重帘层楼里的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sifu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思妇HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shangchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>伤春HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shangbie/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>伤别甚于作病的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁，表达了作者深受后周胁迫、处境HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jiannan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>艰难、语多讳忌的深刻HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/tongku/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>痛苦。词从女主人公早晨起来，懒于妆扮着笔，到她HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chouchang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>惆怅之情如HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风里落HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花一样，再HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhuiyi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>追忆往欢不可再得，最后以HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁重压为结。她面对妆镜，无心打扮，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风里落HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花，飘无所依。
上片以“一钩初月”领起，描写HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaofu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少妇晨起对镜，然无心梳洗，鬓发不整，其情形与《HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shijing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>诗经·卫HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风·伯兮》“自伯之东，首如飞蓬。岂无膏沐？谁适为容”有相似之处，亦可知女为悦己者容是一个千年的理念。“重帘静，层楼迥”即写HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shangchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>伤春人独处深闺之中，重重帘幕，高楼迢迢。这是由寂静和遥远的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yijing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>意境衬托人的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jimo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>寂寞和HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念。“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chouchang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>惆怅落HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风不定”一句最佳，道出HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shangchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>伤春人多少思绪。HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花落春去，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/moihao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>美好在凋零。HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花犹如此，人何以堪。落了一地的不止是无凭的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花，更有无依的心。这一如无法把握的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shenshi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>身世，没有依靠的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/rensheng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>人生，有情之人不能不HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/ganshang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感伤和HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chouchang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>惆怅。此句意象美，意蕴深，将一位深闺HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/nuzi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>女子面对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunjing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春景而HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/tanxi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>叹息HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qingchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>青春、HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/kowang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>渴望HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhenxi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>珍惜却HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gankai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感慨HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/wunai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>无奈的心思微妙地传达出来，又不露刻画痕迹，充分显示了作者语言才能的高妙。
下片紧承HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风吹落HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花而将画面展开，视界变得开阔，似有一种HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xinqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心情的舒展。换头“柳堤芳草”“辘轳金井”写过去游乐的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/moihao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>美好HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shiguang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>时光，犹记当时，与友朋携手于芳草香径之间。这些充满温馨的画面，而今却是“梦断”。“梦断”二字下得很冷，一种被夺走的恨意与HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/wunai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>无奈。写到这里，作者才HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jieshi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>揭示出楼中人HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yumen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>郁闷的原因：原来是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/ganshang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感伤HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/libie/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>离别。HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jiewei/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>结尾点明心思：为销愁，昨夜也曾HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yinjiu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>饮酒，然而夜深酒醒，四周沉寂清冷，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁却是更深。“更阑酒醒”四个字被柳永演绎为：“今宵酒醒何处，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yangliu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>杨柳岸、晓HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风残月。”一夜的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiangsi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>相思终是落了个“为伊消得人憔悴”，“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁”郁积于胸成为永远的悲哀与HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/tongku/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>痛苦。“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁过却病”是词之眼，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁之甚甚于病，苦楚难忍。张爱玲的“长的是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/tongku/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>痛苦，短的才是一生”是对“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁过却病”最好的注释。
这首词之所以为人称道，甚至被误认为是后主李煜词，或冯延巳词，乃至欧阳修词，是因为词中意象的妙用，渲染了HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sifu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思妇的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁，使HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁力透纸背，也浸透了看客的心扉。词人在词中主要使用了以下意象，一是“重帘层楼”，二是“落HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风不定”，三是“柳堤芳草径”，四是“辘轳金井”。
“重帘层楼”，既是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sifu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思妇所处的与外界、与HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chuntian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春天隔绝的实景，也是李中主HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gudu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>孤独无依的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jiannan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>艰难处境形象HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/biyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>比喻；“落HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风不定”，既HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiejing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>写景又HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xieren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>写人，既是景亦是人，春HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风不定而使人想到了落红无数，落红无数引起无限HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shangchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>伤春HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qingsi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情思，不停地HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shangchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>伤春HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qingsi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情思使人憔悴不堪，犹如春HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风不定而落红无数；“柳堤芳草径”，既是情侣HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xibie/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>惜别的实景，又是“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yangliu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>杨柳依依”“天涯芳草”的伤心暗示；“辘轳金井”既是词人梦断之因的实景，又似在说，梦虽醒了但如辘轳金井般反复上下的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qingsi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情思却难以了断。这实与虚的反复出现、反复对应，大大渲染了HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁情绪，以致词人最后发出了HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁浓于酒、HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁之苦人且甚于生病的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aitan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>哀叹。
全词写HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/bieli/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>别离的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/kutong/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>苦痛。上片写晨起无心梳整，下片写昨夜醉醒愁浓，后者是因，前者是果；上片HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiofeng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>写HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风飘HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花落的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chouchang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>惆怅，下片HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xioliu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>写柳堤芳草的情事，后者是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/huiyi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>回忆，前者是HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xianshi2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>现实。上片立足于看，表现HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/liqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>离情之痛；下片着笔于想，表现HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/chunchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>春愁之苦。上下两片层层推进，脉络清晰，结构严密。