1、Analysisof“TheWildHoneySuckle”第1页The Wild Honey Suckle第2页WhatisaHoneysuckle?Itisoneofthemostbeautifulofallwildflowers,markedbyitsscent(香味)andabilitytogrowindifficultplaces.Tounderstandthispoembetter,weshouldunderstandthemostimportantcharacteristicsofhoneysuckle:itsbeautifulcolours,itsrichfragrance,i
2、tsrampantgrowth,anditsfrailty.Thiskindofflowerusuallygrowsinremoteareas(forests,swamps,orhills).第3页Summary“TheWildHoneySuckle”describesabeautifulflowergrowinginasecludedplace,lessknownandlesshonoredbypeople.AndwhenAutumncomes,theflowerdiesquietlyandunknowingly.Thewholelifeoftheflowerisshortanditcome
3、sfromnowhereandgoesnowhere.Itseemstobethenaturallawforeverythingtodieintheworld.第4页The Wild Honey SuckleRHYME and RhythmFairflower,thatdostsocomelygrow,Hidinthissilent,dullretreat,Untouchdthyhoneydblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere,Nobusyhandprovokeatear.Four si
4、x-line stanzas RHYME:ababccRhythm:iambic tetrameter第5页Rhythm or Metricalpattern:iambictetrameterFairflower,thatdostsocomelygrowHidinthissilent,dullretreatUntouchdthyhoneydblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere,Nobusyhandprovokeatear.第6页Iambic patternThis pattern of
5、alternating unstressed and stressed syllables is the most common in English poetry.EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:repose(re-POSEPOSE)belief(be-LIEFLIEF)complete(com-PLETEPLETE)the Sun第7页Rhythm or MetricalpatternNumberofstressesorfeetinaline(音步)Two=di+meter=dimeterThree=tri+meter=trimeterFour=tetra+meter=tetramet
6、erFive=penta+meter=pentameter第8页FiguresofSpeechApostrophepstrfi(呼语)-”fairflower”Personification-“dost”,“you”,“she”Alliteration”fairflower”blossomsblow”Parallelism,synecdoche-”untouchedthyhoneyedblossomsblow/unseenthylittlebranchesgreet”Metaphor-ThusquietlythysummergoesHyperbole-Thespacebetween,isbut
7、anhour第9页The Wild Honey SuckleFairflower,thatdostsocomelygrow,Hidinthissilent,dullretreat,Untouchdthyhoneydblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere,Nobusyhandprovokeatear.retreat:place of seclusion;secluded place greet:personification No roving foot shall crush thee h
8、ere,/No busy hand provoke a tear:iteration:parallelism;personification;synecdoche;provoke:stir up;cause to shed;第10页The Wild Honey SuckleThe Wild Honey SuckleFairflower,thatdostsocomelygrow,Hidinthissilent,dullretreat,Untouchdthyhoneydblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:Norovingfootshallcrusht
9、heehere,Nobusyhandprovokeatear.Stanza1:thepoemtreatstheadvantagesaswellasthedisadvantagesoftheflowersmodestretirementitisdesignedwithbeautyandwellprotectedinsolitude,whereasitsbeautymightbeadmiredbyfew.第11页ByNaturesselfinwhitearrayed,Shebadetheeshunthevulgareye,Andplantedheretheguardianshade,Andsent
10、softwatersmurmuringby;Thusquietlythysummergoes,Thydaysdecliningtorepose.Nature:personification(she)in white arrayd:dressed in white;purity bade:past tense of“bid”;command,askshun:avoidsummer:metaphorrepose:rest 第12页ByNaturesselfinwhitearrayed,Shebadetheeshunthevulgareye,Andplantedheretheguardianshad
11、e,Andsentsoftwatersmurmuringby;Thusquietlythysummergoes,Thydaysdecliningtorepose.Stanza2:itsuggeststhatthehoneysucklebearsaspecialrelationshipwithnaturewhichhasadvisedittokeepawayfromthevulgareye;Naturehasdesigneditinwhite-acolorofsimplicityandpurity,and,ithassentthesoftwatersflowinggentlyby.However
12、,inspiteofallthenatureskindness,theflowercannotescapeitsdoom.Thebesttimeofitslifeisfading,fordeathiswaiting.第13页Smitwiththosecharms,thatmustdecay,Igrievetoseeyourfuturedoom;Theydied-norwerethoseflowersmoregay,TheflowersthatdidinEdenbloom;Unpityingfrosts,andAutumnspowerShallleavenovestigeofthisflower
13、.smit:past tense of“smite”smit with:impressed by,stricken by;unpitying:cruel,merciless vestige:trace 第14页Smitwiththosecharms,thatmustdecay,Igrievetoseeyourfuturedoom;Theydied-norwerethoseflowersmoregay,TheflowersthatdidinEdenbloom;Unpityingfrosts,andAutumnspowerShallleavenovestigeofthisflower.Stanza
14、3:itrevealstheindifferenceofnaturetheunpityingfrosts”areasmuchapartofnatureasthesoftwaters.Thus,thenotionthatnaturehasprovidedaguardianshadefortheprotectionofthehoneysuckleisasentimentalfancy.Itisrelative,butdeathisabsolute.第15页FrommorningsunsandeveningdewsAtfirstthylittlebeingcame:Ifnothingonce,you
15、nothinglose,Forwhenyoudieyouarethesame;Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,Thefraildurationofflower.from the life of the honeysuckle to the life of everything,including the life of man;life comes from and returns to nature;birth and death are part of life;natural law;from grief to an unequivocal understandi
16、ng of the essence of life;sanguine(豁达、开朗)and optimistic;no pessimism第16页FrommorningsunsandeveningdewsAtfirstthylittlebeingcame:Ifnothingonce,younothinglose,Forwhenyoudieyouarethesame;Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,Thefraildurationofflower.Stanza4:thepoetseeshisfatemirroredinthatoftheflower.Humanbeings,
17、asanyothercreaturesorflowers,areapartofnature.Theyoriginatedfromnatureandwillsurelyreturntonaturesomeday,sotheirreductiontonatureinthedayaheadwillconstitutenorealloss.第17页Themes:DeeplovefornaturecelebratingthebeautyandlovelinessofthefrailforestflowerProvidenceofCreatorTransienceofbeautyTransienceofh
18、umanbeingslives第18页AnInterpretation“TheWildHoneySuckle”isPhilipFreneausmostwidelyreadnaturallyricwiththethemeofnatureandtransience.Thepoetexpressedakeenawarenessofthelovelinessofnatureandtransienceofbeauty.Italsoimpliesthatlifeanddeathareinevitablelawofnature.Thetoneofthepoemisbothsentimentalandopti
19、mistic.第19页野忍冬花野忍冬花(黄杲炘译)(黄杲炘译)美好花呀,你长得:这么秀丽,却藏身在这僻静沉闷地方-甜美花儿开了却没人亲昵,招展小小枝梢也没人观赏;没游来荡去脚来把你踩碎,没东攀西摘手来催你落泪。大自然把你打扮得一身雪白,她叫你避开庸俗粗鄙目光,她布置下树荫把你护卫起来,又让潺潺柔波淌过你身旁;你夏天就这么静静地消逝,这时候你日见萎蔫终将安息。Fairflower,thatdostsocomelygrow,Hidinthissilent,dullretreat,Untouchdthyhoneydblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:N
20、orovingfootshallcrushtheehere,Nobusyhandprovokeatear.ByNaturesselfinwhitearrayed,Shebadetheeshunthevulgareye,Andplantedheretheguardianshade,Andsentsoftwatersmurmuringby;Thusquietlythysummergoes,Thydaysdecliningtorepose.第20页那些难免消逝美使我销魂,想起你未来结局我就心疼,别那些花儿也不比你幸运-虽开放在伊甸园中也已凋零,无情寒霜再加秋风威力,会叫这花朵消失得一无踪迹。朝阳和晚
21、露当初曾把你养育,让你这小小生命来到世上。原来若乌有,就没什么可失去,因为你死让你同先前一样;这来去之间不过是一个钟点-这就是脆弱花享受天年。Smitwiththosecharms,thatmustdecay,Igrievetoseeyourfuturedoom;Theydied-norwerethoseflowersmoregay,TheflowersthatdidinEdenbloom;Unpityingfrosts,andAutumnspowerShallleavenovestigeofthisflower.FrommorningsunsandeveningdewsAtfirstthyl
22、ittlebeingcame:Ifnothingonce,younothinglose,Forwhenyoudieyouarethesame;Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,Thefraildurationofflower.第21页红楼梦红楼梦“葬花吟葬花吟”一年三百六十日,风刀霜剑严相逼;一年三百六十日,风刀霜剑严相逼;明媚鲜妍能几时,一朝飘泊难寻觅。明媚鲜妍能几时,一朝飘泊难寻觅。花开易见落难寻,阶前愁杀葬花人;花开易见落难寻,阶前愁杀葬花人;独倚花锄泪暗洒,洒上空枝见血痕。独倚花锄泪暗洒,洒上空枝见血痕。试看春残花渐落,便是红颜老死时;试看春残花渐落,便是红颜老死
23、时;一朝春尽红颜老,花落人亡一朝春尽红颜老,花落人亡两不知!两不知!SimilaritiesandDifferencesSmitwiththosecharms,thatmustdecay,Igrievetoseeyourfuturedoom;Theydied-norwerethoseflowersmoregay,TheflowersthatdidinEdenbloom;Unpityingfrosts,andAutumnspowerShallleavenovestigeofthisflower.Ifnothingonce,younothinglose,Forwhenyoudieyouarethe
24、same;Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,Thefraildurationofflower.第22页古风古风碧荷生幽泉碧荷生幽泉碧荷生幽泉,朝日艳且鲜。秋花冒绿水,密叶罗青烟。秀色空绝世,馨香为谁传。坐看飞霜满,凋此红芳年。结根未得所,愿托华池边。第23页TheRhodoraOn being asked whence is the flower?InMay,whensea-windspiercedoursolitudes,IfoundthefreshRhodorainthewoods,Spreadingitsleaflessbloomsinadampnook,Tople
25、asethedesertandthesluggishbrook.Thepurplepetals,falleninthepool,Madetheblackwaterwiththeirbeautygay;Heremightthered-birdscomehisplumestocool,Andcourttheflowerthatcheapenshisarray.第24页Rhodora!IfthesagesasktheewhyThischarmiswastedontheearthandsky,Tellthem,dear,thatifeyesweremadeforseeing,Thenbeautyisitsownexcuseforbeing:Whythouwertthere,Orivaloftherose!Ineverthoughttoask,Ineverknew:But,inmysimpleignorance,supposeTheself-samePowerthatbroughtmetherebroughtyou.第25页
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