优美清新的英文短诗品析文档格式.docx

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Butthehopesofyouthfallthickintheblast,

Andthedaysaredarkanddreary.

Bestill,sadheart!

Andceaserepining;

Behindthecloudsisthesunstillshining;

Thyfateisthecommonfateofall,

Intoeachlifesomerainmustfall,

Somedaysmustbedarkanddreary.

THENEWYEARRingout,wildbells,tothewildsky,Theflyingcloud,thefrostylight:

Theyearisdyinginthenight;

Ringout,wildbells,andlethimdie.

Ringouttheold,ringinthenew,

Ring,happybells,acrossthesnow:

Theyearisgoing,lethimgo;

Ringoutthefalse,ringinthetrue.

Ringoutthegriefthatsapsthemind,

Forthosethathereweseenomore;

Ringoutthefeudofrichandpoor,

Ringinredresstoallmankind.

TheSeasideIsMyHomeIliveneartheseaforyears.Thebillowsoundeverynight,Enlightensmehowtobegreat,

Andhowtolookongreatness.

Withoutseeinggreatmountains,

Iformnohabitoflookingup.

Iliveneartheseaforyears.

Toomuchwater,saltierthantears,

Floatssomedirectionalboats,

Orotherdriftingboats

Totravelfaracrossthesea.

Sotheshoreisalwaysinmyheart.

Withmorefloatersonthesea,

SweetandLow

Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,

Windofthewesternsea,

Low,low,breatheandblow,

Windofthewesternsea!

Overtherollingwatersgo,

Comefromthedyingnoon,andblow,

Blowhimagaintome;

Whilemylittleone,whilemyprettyone,sleeps.Sleepandrest,sleepandrest,

Fatherwillcometotheesoon;

Rest,restonmothersbreast,

Fatherwillcometohisbabeinthenest,Silversailsalloutofthewest

Underthesilvermoon;

Sleep,mylittleone,sleep,myprettyone,sleep.IFelttheSunlight

Alongthelong,longcorridor

Igoonwalking...

—Beforemetherearedazzlingwindows,oneitherside,wallsreflectingthelight.ThesunlightandI,

Imstandingwiththesunlight.

—NowIrememberhowintensethatsunlightis!

Sowarmitstopsmefromtakinganotherstep,sobrightIholdmybreath.

Thelightofthewholeuniverseconvergeshere.—Imunawareoftheexistenceofanythingelse.Thereisonlyme,leaningonsunlight,stillforafulltenseconds.

Sometimes,tenseconds

islongerthanaquarterofacentury.Finally,Idashdownthestairs,pushopenthedoor,

andruninthespringsunlightAskmenomore

AskmenomorewhereJovebestows,WhenJuneispast,thefadingrose;

Forinyourbeauty’sorientdeep,

Theseflowers,asintheircauses,sleep.AskmenomorewhitherdostrayThegoldenatomsoftheday;

ForinpureloveheavendidprepareThosepowderstoeichyourhair.AskmenomorewhitherdothhasteThenightingale,whenMayispast;

Forinyoursweetdividingthroat

Shewinters,andkeepswarmhernote.Askmenomorewherethosestarslight,Thatdownwardsfallindeadofnight;

Forinyoureyestheysit,andthereFixedbecome,asintheirsphere.

Herewestandtogether

Herewestandtogether,

Dressedinourpain,

Coveredwithscars

FromwoundswedidnotaskforOrdeserve.

Sowhatnow?

Wecantgoback

Andreliveourlives.

Wecanttakeback

Theinnocencewelost

OrmakethesadnesswefeltIntohappiness.

IThinkICan

Ifyouthinkyouarebeaten,youare;

Ifyouthinkyoudarenot,youdont;

Ifyouwanttowinbutthinkyoucant;

Itsalmostacinchyouwont.

Ifyouthinkyoulllose,yourelost;

Foroutoftheworldwefind

Successbeginswithafellowswill;

Itsallinastateofmind.

LifesbattlesdontalwaysgoTothestrongerandfasterman,

篇二：

英语诗歌对比评析

DingyuWang（5*****）

Vy100

ProfessorThorpe

11.22.2015

IPreferPoets:

PoetsCanDoMorethanBarking

InNovember2011,NotchofficiallycompletedworkonMinecraft1.0,“anopenworldgamethathasnospecificgoalsfortheplayertoaccomplish”（Gallegos）,whichturnedouttobeahugesuccess（McCarthy）.McCarthyfirstregardsitssuccessasamysterysinceit’sonlyanindiegamewithoutanyadvertisingbuthefinallypointsoutthatthesuccessisjustbecauseplayers“havefreereintobuild,build,build”（par.18）.Peopledoenjoythefreedomtothinkandcreate.Ineffect,thesituationisanalogicalwhenpeopleencounterpoems.“WhoIsaPoet”and“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”aretwopoemsthatbothtakeadvantagesofaudience’simaginationinordertoconveyitsmessage.However,“WhoIsaPoet”providesmorefreedomforaudiencetounderstandandtoimagine,thusgivingamoreeffectiveargument,while“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”restrictsaudience’simaginationinthe

author’sworldbygivingadetailedimaginaryscene.Thedetailedreasonswhy“WhoIsaPoet”isbetterthan“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”willbegraduallyrevealedbyanalyzingthelogos,ethos,andpathosinthosepoems.

BillyCollinswrites“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”inanimaginarilynarrativeway,encouragingpeopletoseekjoyamidstsorrow.Inthepoem,theneighbors’dogkeepsbarkingwhichalmostdrivesthespeakercraze.Thenhefallsintohisimaginaryworldwheretheannoyingdogbecomesasoloist.Thestorythatthespeakerusesimaginationtomakeanirritatingdogsofunnytellspeoplenottobestuckbylittleannoyanceandtrytomakelifehappier.

Alternatively,TadeuszRó

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ewiczwrites“WhoIsaPoet”toanswerthequestionwhoisapoet.Hisargumentisthatpoetsarehardtodefine-anyonecanbeapoetundercertain

circumstances.Therefore,heactuallygivesa“vacant”definitionofpoets,andleavestheworktotheaudiencewhoareguidedtodefinetheirownpoets.Thiskindofargumentseemsridiculousbutactuallyisamoreeffectivewaytoarguesuchill-defineditems-ithasnocompleteargumentinthepoemitself,butithasauniqueargumentonceareaderstarttoreadit.It’sthereaderwhocompletestheotherhalfoftheargument.

Althoughthestoryin“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”isquite

interesting,itcanonlyofferaverylimitedextent.“WhoIsaPoet”doesamuchbetterjobinofferingchancesforaudiencetothinkdeeply.Asaresult,thelatteroneissuperiortotheformeroneintheinteractionbetweenpoetsandaudience,whichmakesitabetterargument.

Thelogos,orthewidthofapoem’scontextmaywellconstrainthewidthofaudience’s

thoughts,thusplayinganimportantroleinanargument.Theobjectsareverylimitedin“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”-justtheneighbors’barkingdogandthefictionaldogsoloist.Althoughthat“dog”islikelytobearepresentofalltheannoyance,whichprovidesalittlemoreextent,thepoemisfarmorerestrictedincomparisonwith“WhoIsaPoet”.In“WhoIsaPoet”,Ró

ewiczcoversbothabstractandfigurativepartsaboutpoets.Thankstoitscomplexcontext,readersareabletothinkoveritinseverallevels,thusobtainingprofoundunderstandingthatcomesfromthinkingdeeply.Generally,thewidthofpoems’contextsprovidesobjectiveconditionforreaderstothinkfreely.

Theethos,orthereadingprocessofapoem,doesmatteralotwithrespecttotheeffectoftheargument.Collins’sstorystartsfromanarrativeoftheactualbarkingdogandthenturnsintoanarrativeofafictionaldogsoloistusingatransitionalsentence“andnowIcanseehimsitting

intheorchestra”（Collins）.Thetransitionalsentenceisasignalandit’ssoclearandobviousthatpeoplejumpintothatparticularscenewithoutanyotherthoughts.However,theliteralmeaningof“WhoIsaPoet”issomehowcontradictory-Ró

ewiczstatesapoetcanbebothonewhowritesversesandonewhodoesn’twriteverse（Ró

ewicz）.Theliteralcontradictioncanleadaudienceintodeeperthoughts,thusbeingcapableofsendingmoremessageswhicharenotonthesurfaceofthepoem.Thiskindofsentence-pairsalsoappearsinthebeginningofthenovelTaleofTwoCities-“Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness”（Dickens8）,whicharearecognizedextraordinaryopeningthatconstructsasolemnatmosphere.Suchatmospherehelpspeoplethinkdeeply.

Thepathosisthechoiceofpersoninpoems.“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”usesthefirstpersonwhichconstrainsthethoughtsofreaders,while“WhoIsaPoet”isinthethirdpersonsothatitcanfreethereaders’thoughts.Usingthefirstpersonisknowntobeagoodmethodtotellstories,though;

it’snotagoodideatoapplythefirstpersoninanargument.Theuseof“I”willabsorbreadersintothestoryandtrapthemwithinthestory.Noticethat

althoughpoemsusingthefirstpersoncantakeadvantagesofaudience’simagination,thiskindofimaginationislimitedwithintheauthor’simagination.Thatistosay,theaudiencecouldatmostimagineinthewaytheauthorimagines,beingnotabletogooutoftheauthor’simagination.“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHouse”isactuallyaninterestingpoemwithwildimagination,butafterreadingit,peopleonlygettheinterestingideaofthebarkingdogandthenlittlethingelse.Alternatively,“WhoIsaPoet”keepsinthethirdpersonandprovidesaninsightofpoetsbyofferingadistancebetweenreadersandthecharactersinthepoem.Asaresult,“WhoIsaPoet”isalsosuperiorto“AnotherReasonIDon’tKeepaGunintheHou