Emily Dickinson诗歌赏析Word格式.docx
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对着他们倾慕的泥沼
艾米莉·
狄金森
我是无名之辈,你是谁?
你,也是,无名之辈?
这就凑成一双,别声张!
你知道,他们会大肆张扬!
做个,显要人物,好不无聊!
像个青蛙,向仰慕的泥沼——
在整个六月,把个人的姓名
聒噪——何等招摇!
ThispoemisDickinson’smostfamousandmostdefenseofthekindofspiritualprivacyshefavored,implyingthattobeaNobodyisaluxuryincomprehensibletoadrearysomebody—fortheyaretoobusykeepingtheirnamesincirculation.Buttobesomebodyisnotasfancyasitseemstobe.
EmilyDickinson
Asyouprobablynoticedwhenyoureadthispoem,noneofthethemesthatIdiscussedintheOverviewofDickinsonappliestothispoem.MylistwasnotmeanttocovereverytopicDickinsonwroteon,nordoeseverypoemshewrotefitneatlyintoacategory.
Dickinsonadoptsthepersonaofachildwhoisopen,naive,andinnocent.However,arethequestionsaskedandthefinalstatementmadebythispoemnaive?
Iftheyarenot,thenthepoemisironicbecauseofthediscrepancybetweenthepersona'
sunderstandingandviewandthoseofDickinsonandthereader.Undertheguiseofthechild'
sacceptingsociety'
svalues,isDickinsonreallyrejectingthosevalues?
IsDickinsonsuggestingthatthetruesomebodyisreallythe"
nobody"
?
Thechild-speakerwelcomesthepersonwhohonestlyidentifiesherselfandwhohasatrueidentity.Thesequalitiesmakethatperson"
insociety'
seyes.Tobe"
somebody"
istohavestatusinsociety;
society,themajority,excludesorrejectsthosewholackstatusorare"
--thatis,"
they'
dbanishus"
forbeingnobody.
Instanza2,thechild-speakerrejectstheroleof"
("
Howdreary"
).Thefrogcomparisondepicts"
asself-importantandconstantlyself-promoting.Shealsoshowsthefalsevaluesofasociety(the"
admiringbog"
)whichapprovesthefrog-somebody.Doestheword"
bog"
(itmeanswet,spongyground)havepositiveornegativeconnotations?
Whatqualitiesareassociatedwiththesoundsafrogmakes(croaking)?
Istheresatireinthispoem?
Somereaders,whoaremodestandself-effacingorwholackconfidence,feelvalidatedbythispoem.Why?
ToMakeaPrairie…
Tomakeaprairie
Ittakesacloverandonebee,
Onecloverandabee,
Andrevery.
Reveryalonewilldo,
Ifbeesarefew.
去造一个草原
张祈试译
去造一个草原
需要一株三叶草和一只蜜蜂,
一株三叶草和一只蜜蜂,
还有梦。
如果蜜蜂不多,
单靠梦也行。
Dickinson'
stinypoemmakesahugestatementaboutthenatureofmusing,day-dreaming,orassheputsit,"
revery."
Analysis
ThislittlepoemexpressesDickinson’scontinuingloveaffairwiththespirituallevelofbeing.Shebeginsbyclaimingthattomakeaphysicallylargeitem,“aprairie,”alloneneedsistwosmallphysicalitems,“acloverandonebee.”
Thenshequalifiesthatbysaying,“Oneclover,andabee/Andrevery”;
thenshequalifiesthatclaimfurther,bysayingifyoudon’thaveoneofthosephysicalcomponents,“bees,”(andbyimplication,thecloveraswell),thenyoucanstillmaketheprairiebyreveryalone.
“Revery”meansdream,thought,extendedconcentrationonanysubject,orevenday-dreamingwhereinthemindisallowedtoroamfreeoverthelandscapeofunlimitedexpansion,buttothespeakerinthispoem,“revery”ismorelikemeditationwhichresultsinatruevision.
Thespeaker’spowerofreverydemonstratesanadvancedachievement,farbeyondordinaryday-dreamingorcogitation.Ultimately,thisspeakerisclaimingthatwithoutanyphysicalobjectsatall,themindofoneadvancedintheartofreverycanproduceanyobjectthatminddesires.
SuccessIsCountedSweetest成功的含义
Successiscountedsweetest从未成功的人们
Bythosewhone'
ersucceed.最懂得成功的甜美.
Tocomprehendanectar惟有极度的渴求
Requiressorestneed.方能体会甘露的滋味.
Notoneofallthepurplehost身穿紫服的王者之师
Whotooktheflagtoday今日虽高扬凯旗,
Cantellthedefinition,却无一人能把胜利的含义
Soclear,ofvictory,说清道明.
Ashe,defeated,dying,战败者奄奄一息,
Onwhoseforbiddenear凯乐在远处奏响,
Thedistantstrainsoftriumph冲破阻隔,飞到他的耳际
Break,agonizedandclear.悲痛而嘹亮.
AcommonideainDickinson'
spoemsisthatnothavingincreasesourappreciationorenjoymentofwhatwelack;
thepersonwholacksordoesnothaveunderstandswhateverislackingbetterthanthepersonwhopossessesit.Inthispoem,theloserknowsthemeaning'
"
definition"
ofvictorybetterthanthewinners.Theimplicationisthathehas"
won"
thisknowledgebypayingsohighaprice,withtheanguishofdefeatandwithhisdeath.
Instanzaone,sherepeatsthessoundand,toalesserdegree,n.Whydoessheusethisalliteration?
.,arethewordssignificant?
"
Sorest"
isusedwiththeoldermeaningofgreatest,butcanitalsohavethemorecommonmeaning?
Whataretheassociationsof"
nectar"
--good,bad,indifferent?
Does"
pickupanywordinthefirstline?
Instanzatwo,"
purple"
connotesroyalty;
therobesofkingsandemperorsweredyedpurple.Itisalsothecolorofblood.Aretheseconnotationsappropriatetothepoem?
Inabattle,whatdoesaflagrepresent?
Whyisvictorydescribedintermsoftakingthelosingside'
sflag?
Instanzathree,whatwordsareconnectedbydsoundsandbyssounds?
Isthereanyreasonforconnectingoremphasizingthesewords?
Dickinsoniscompressinglanguageandomittingconnectionsinthelastthreelines.Thedyingman'
searsarenotforbidden;
rather,thesoundsoftriumphareforbiddentohimbecausehissidelostthebattle.Thetriumphantsoundsthathehearsarenotagonized,thoughtheyarecleartohim;
rather,heisagonizedathearingtheclearsoundsoftriumphoftheotherside.Theyare"
distant"
literallyinbeingfaroffandmetaphoricallyinnotbeingpartofhisexperience;
defeatistheoppositeofor"
fromvictory.
Successiscountedsweetest..."
Summary
Thespeakersaysthat"
thosewhone'
ersucceed"
placethehighestvalueonsuccess.(They"
count"
it"
sweetest"
.)Tounderstandthevalueofanectar,thespeakersays,onemustfeel"
sorestneed."
Shesaysthatthemembersofthevictoriousarmy("
thepurpleHost/Whotooktheflagtoday"
)arenotabletodefinevictoryaswellasthedefeated,dyingmanwhohearsfromadistancethemusicofthevictors.
Thethreestanzasofthispoemtaketheformofiambictrimeter--withtheexceptionofthefirsttwolinesofthesecondstanza,whichaddafourthstressattheendoftheline.(VirtuallyallofDickinson'
spoemsarewritteninaniambicmeterthatfluctuatesfluidlybetweenthreeandfourstresses.)AsinmostofDickinson'
spoems,thestanzashererhymeaccordingtoanABCBscheme,sothatthesecondandfourthlinesineachstanzaconstitutethestanza'
sonlyrhyme.
Commentary
ManyofEmilyDickinson'
smostfamouslyricstaketheformofhomilies,orshortmoralsayings,whichappearquitesimplebutthatactuallydescribecomplicatedmoralandpsychologicaltruths."
Successiscountedsweetest"
issuchapoem;
itsfirsttwolinesexpressitshomileticpoint,that"
Successiscountedsweetest/Bythosewhone'
(or,moregenerally,thatpeopletendtodesirethingsmoreacutelywhentheydonothavethem).Thesubsequentlinesthendevelopthataxiomatictruthbyofferingapairofimagesthatexemplifyit:
thenectar--asymboloftriumph,luxury,"
success"
--canbestbecomprehendedbysomeonewho"
needs"
it;
thedefeated,dyingmanunderstandsvictorymoreclearlythanthevictoriousarmydoes.ThepoemexhibitsDickinson'
skeenawarenessofthecomplicatedtruthsofhumandesire(inalaterpoemonasimilartheme,shewrotethat"
Hunger--wasaway/OfPersonsoutsideWindows--/TheEntering--takesaway--"
),anditshowsthebeginningsofherterse,compactedstyle,wherebycomplicatedmeaningsarecompressedintoextremelyshortphrases.,"
Onwhoseforbiddenear"
).
Themeof
Success
Is
Counted
Sweetest
Sweetest"
byEmilyDickinsonbasicallysendsthemessagethat
success,likeanyotherpossessiontangibleorintangible,
is
onlyappreciatedbythosewhomit
notalwaysreadilyavailable.
Thethemeofthepoem
thatonlythosewhohavenotbeensuccessfulthinkthat
success
soimportant.Theloser
theonewhocontinuestocrave
asthewinnerfadesintoaneutralstateofemotion.
Dickinsonclearlystatesthismessageandimpliesitthroughoutthepoem,andusesrhyme,imagery,andironytoincorporatethethemethattheonewhothirstfor
theonewhoneversucceeds.
Therhythmicpatternmakesthepoemflowtogether,usingtherhymeschemeABCBintheshort,threestanzas,likeasong.Thistypicalrhymingschemegivesalightaffecttothepoem;
creatingthefeelingofsimplenessandachievingthefeelingthatthemessage
notburieddeepinthepoem'
slinesand
easytocomprehend.
Inthefirststanza,thespeakerdeclaresthatit
onlythosewho“ne’ersucceed”whohavethenotionthat
thebestthing.“Anectar”metaphoricallyrepresentsthethingthat
desired.Nectar
anythingthat
sweet.
Emilyalsousesimagrytodevelophermessage.Inthesecondstanza,thespeakerdramatizesafieldvictory,sayingthatthewinnerscannotclearlystateadefinitionofvictory.Thestanzapaintsapictureofthevictorinthewar,butthevictordoesnotunderstandtothefullextentwhathisvictory
is,andjustcountsitasvictory.Inthethirdstanza,thedefeated,however,
in'
agony'
andknowshowpowerful
andwhataffectithas.
Dickinsonalsoimpliesironyinthethirdstanzaassheimplies
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