第 2 句因包含“苌弘,血”,据此推断可能引用了典故:苌弘血
译《鲁拜集》 其十九 现当代 · 黄克孙
七言绝句 押灰韵
红花底事如此,想是苌弘里开。
一地落英愁欲语:『当年曾伴美人来。
注:I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Coesar bled;
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.