回首乱山横。不见居人只见城。谁似临平山上塔，亭亭。迎客西来送客行。
归路晚风清。一枕初寒梦不成。今夜残灯斜照处，荧荧。秋雨晴时泪不晴。
词的上片回叙HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/fenshou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>分手后回望HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/libie/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>离别之地临平镇和临平HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山，抒写了对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/wangshi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>往事无限HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/moihao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>美好的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/huiyi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>回忆和对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yilian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>依恋之情。起首两句写词人对陈襄的离去特别恋恋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/bushe/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>不舍，一送再送，直到回头不见城中的人影，而那临平HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山上亭亭伫立的高塔似乎翘首西望，不忍郡守的调离。这种从眼前实景落笔而展衍开去与由景入情的写法，不仅使人感到亲切，而且增加了作品的深度。接下来三句写临平HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山上的塔，仍就眼前HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jingwu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>景物落笔，实则是以客观的无知之物，衬托词人主观之情。“谁似”二字，既意喻词人不像亭亭耸立的塔，能目送HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人远去而深感HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yihan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>遗憾，又反映了词人不像塔那样无动于衷地迎客西来复送客远去，而为HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人的离去陷入深深的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aishang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>哀伤之中；同时，也反映了作者迎HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人来杭又送HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人离去的实际。
下片写词人归途中因HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/youren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>友人而夜不成眠。晚HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>凄清，枕上初寒，残灯斜照，微光闪烁，这些意象的组接，营造出清冷HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/guji/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>孤寂的氛围，烘托了作者的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiliang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>凄凉HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/guji/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>孤寂心境。末句“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiuyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨晴时泪不晴”，用两个“晴”字把HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨和泪联系起来，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/biyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>比喻贴切而新颖，加强了作者HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/sinian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>思念之苦的表现，读来叩人心扉，令人叹婉不已。
这首词HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yishu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>艺术上的特色首先是将HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山塔、HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiuyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/niren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>拟人化，赋予作者自身的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/ganqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感情和心绪，将无HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shengming/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>生命的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/jingwu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>景物写活。这种手法，表现出词人不凡的功力。其次是衬托，上片“谁似临平HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山上塔，亭亭，送客西来送客行”以塔之无情衬托人之有情，“HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiuyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨晴时泪不晴”用HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qiuyu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>秋HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>雨停衬托泪不停。本首词主要运用情景交融的表现手法。