To-a-Waterfawl.pptx

ToaWaterfowlbyWilliamCullenBryant1-Part1Biographical introduction and literary worksPart2The analysis of To a Waterfowl.A.ContentandsummaryB.Figuresofspeech2-WilliamCullenBryant（1794-1878）3-WilliamCullenBryant（1794-1878）1OneofAmericansearliestnaturalistpoets2Called“theAmericanWordsworth”3TheFiresidePoet4-Biographical introductionBorn:November3,1794ConsideredachildProdigyBegantolearnlawin1810MovedtoNewYorkCityin1825JoinedthestaffoftheNewYorkEveningPostandworkedtherefor50years5-literary worksThanatopsisArticLoverFutureLifeMutationSongofMarionsMenToaWaterfowlJuneToacloud6-To a WaterfowlWhither,midst falling dew,While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,Far,through their rosy depths,dost thou pursueThy solitary way?Vainly the fowlers eyeMight mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,As,darkly seen against the crimson sky,Thy figure floats along.致水致水鸟余光中译露滴儿正在凝坠，行将退去的白昼使天际辉煌，你在一片玫瑰红中孤独远飞你要去什么地方？也许，猎鸟的人正看着你远飞，但没法伤害你只见满天的红霞称着你身影而你呀飘逸远去。7-Seekst thou the plashy brinkOf weedy lake,or marge of river wide,Or where the rocking billows rise and sinkOn the chafed ocean-side?There is a Power whose careTeaches thy way along that pathless coastThe desert and illimitable airLone wandering,but not lost.你想要飞往何处？要觅杂草丛生的、泥泞的湖岸？寻起伏的波涛拍打着的滩涂？要找江河的边沿？在那无垠的长空，在涉无人迹的海滨和沙漠上，有神明关切地教你孤身前进，使得你不会迷航。8-All day thy wings have fanned,At that far height,the cold,thin atmosphere,Yet stoop not,weary,to the welcome land,Though the dark night is near.And soon that toil shall end;Soon shalt thou find a summer home,and rest,And scream among thy fellows;reeds shall bend,Soon,oer thy sheltered nest.你整天扑着翅膀，扇着高空中冰冷的稀薄大气；尽管疲乏的你看到暮色已降，却不肯光临大地。这辛苦不会太久，你很快就会找到一个歇夏的家，在同伴间欢叫；你荫里的窝上，芦苇将把腰弯下。9-Thou rt gone,the abyss of heavenHath swallowed up thy form;yet,on my heartDeeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given,And shall not soon depart.He who,from zone to zone,Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,In the long way that I must tread alone,Will lead my steps aright.你的形象已消失，深邃的天吞没了你；但我心上，却已留下了一条深刻的教益，它将很难被遗忘：谁教你南来北往，指引你穿越长空、直达终点处，也会在我得独自跋涉的征途上，正确引导我脚步。10-Summaryimage:thewaterfowlanalogyThenarratorquestionswherethewaterfowlisgoingandquestionshismotivesforflying.Hewarnsthewaterfowlthathecouldpossiblyfinddanger,travelingalone.Butthiswaterfowlisnotalone;itisbeingledbysomePower.Asthewaterfowldisappearsoutofthenarratorssight,thenarratorreflectsonGodsguidanceinhisownlife.HeknowsthatGodisguidinghimaswell.11-Theme:JustasGodguidesthewaterfowltoitssummerhome,soHeguidesthespeakerofthepoemthroughlifetohisultimatedestination,heaven.ThepoemisaprofessionoffaithinGod.ThepoemrepresentsearlystagesofAmericanRomanticismthroughcelebrationofNatureandGodspresencewithinNature.12-FiguresofspeechToaWaterfowliswritteniniambictrimester（抑扬格三音步）andiambicpentameter（抑扬格五音步）,consistingofeightstanzasoffourlines.Eachhasthesamemetricalstructure（韵律结构）andeachhasthesamerhymepattern（韵律）.alliterationsuggesttheflappingofthewings13-anaphora首语重复法Examples:(1)Givemewine,givemewomenandgivemesong.(2)Foreverythingthereisaseason.atimetobeborn,andatimetodie;atimetoplant,andatimetopluckupwhatisplanted.Bible,Ecclesiastes.personification:Thespeakeraddressesthewaterfowlasifitwereaperson,sayingithastaughtalesson.14-References1、徐觉庆，2011，致水鸟J.(12):10-122、李凤东，2011，从威廉.库伦.布莱恩特名诗致水鸟看英语诗歌的韵律特点J.7715-