清代女性词人的作品蔚为大观,发展到清末已经到了衰落期.这一期间,只有少数几个闺阁词人展现了当时女性词坛的风采,代表人物之一就是关锳.作为闺阁词人,她的作品中既有传统女性词人的伤春悲秋,也有感时伤世,反映了道咸年间的社会现实,为当时女性词注入了新鲜血液.其词集《梦影楼词》以沉郁悲凉而著称,在她的词中充满了各种愁绪,这些"愁"绪与词人自己的生活、性格、信仰紧密相连,真实地反映了词人的心灵痛楚和脱尘隐世的幻想.
Qing dynasty saw a large volume of ci written by female poets though it declined at the late Qing period.At this period,there were only a few important female poets and Guan Ying was one of them.Like other female poets,there is traditional theme of sentiment about time and also anxiety about social reality which made new element in female poets' works.Her ci collection ("Ci of Dream Shadow Building") is famous for the sadness and dismal.The "sentimental feelings" are related closely to her own life,character,and belief,which reflect her pain and fantasy of leaving mortal life.