On a Faded Violet 英文赏析

On a Faded VioletPercy Bysshe ShelleyThe odor from the flower is gone, (A)Which like thy kisses breathed on me; (B)The color from the flower is flown, (A)Which glowed of thee, and only thee! (B)A shriveled, lifeless, vacant form, (C)It lies on my abandoned breast, (D)And mocks the heart, which yet is warm, (C)With cold and silent rest. (D)I weep - my tears revive it not; (E)I sigh - it breathes no more on me; (B)Its mute and uncomplaining lot (E)Is such as mine should be. (B)一朵枯萎的紫罗兰珀西比西雪莱这朵花的芬芳，已经消隐，像你的吻对我吐露过的气息；这朵花的颜色，已经凋陨，它曾使我想起你独有的光辉！一个萎缩、僵死、空虚的形体，搁置在我被冷落的胸襟，以它冷漠、寂静、无声的安息嘲弄我依旧热烈的痴心。我哭泣，泪水不能使它复生；我叹息，不再向我吐露气息它静默无声无所怨尤的命运，正和我应得的那样一种无异。A. Structure1. On a Faded Violet can be divided into three parts: three quatrains.The first quatrain is from line 1 to line 4, the second from line 5 to line 8, and the third from line 9 to line 12.2. The rhyme scheme of On a Faded Violet is ABABCDCDEBEB.On a Faded Violet contains 12 lines. The ends of line 1 and line 3 have the end rhyme /on/, line 2 and line 4 rhyme with /i/. And these four lines form the first quatrain. The line 5 and line 7 have the end rhyme /m/, while line 6 and line 8 have /st/. The same form is used in line 9 and line 11 and line 10 and line 2, which end with the rhyme /t/ and / i/.3. On a Faded Violet is iambic pentameter.Each line of On a Faded Violet has five feet with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. Examples are as follow: “The odor/from the/flow/er is/gone” has accents on “odor”, “from”, “flow”, “is”, “gone” respectively.“The color/from the/flow/er is/flown” has accents on “color”, “from”, “flow”, “is”, “flown” respectively.B. Language use1. Several kinds of rhetoric are used.Simile: “Which like thy kisses breathed on me;” compares the odor to the kiss.Personification: “With cold and silent rest. I weep - my tears revive it not” uses “cold and silent rest” to personate the violet. And “Its mute and uncomplaining lot” uses “lot” to personate the faded violet.Parallel Construction: “I weep - my tears revive it not; I sigh - it breathes no more on me;”.2. Old English useThee: “you” as objectThy: “your” followed by a consonant 3. Images“The odor from the flower” means the beauty of the woman.“The color from the flower” means the life of the woman. “Lot” means the truth that nothing is immortal.C. Appreciation1. Shelley uses the death of the violet to represent the leaving of a person. Although, the poet misses the dead violet so much, he still can not make the flower to rebirth as nothing is immortal. The poet can only bear the sadness of losing but can do nothing to make up of it. The flower or the person has gone and the poet feels regret when the flower is shriveled. It means that it is gone because he plucked it or dying because he did so. This is probably like his relationship with the woman. The thought of love mocks the poet, and he is brought to tears. His loved one has given up and he feels that he should get over it but is left with sadness, due to self pity.2. On a Faded Violets first four lines tells us that the violet is faded, and its odor and color are all gone. And the death of the violets odor and color are just like you who have left me and can never come back. From line 5 to line 8, poet uses a kind of self-mockery to express his complicated feeling. He can not believe the gone of the violet and thinks himself is tragical, because he is abandoned and mocked.From line 9 to line 12, poets sadness erupted. He weeps and sighs as the dead violet can not rebirth and will say nothing to him anymore and he loses it forever. When he realized it, he feels heartbreaking and finally, he find the truth of life. Nothing is immortal. The violet owns its own fate and so does he.3. The theme of On