A red, red rose英文赏析(重点修辞)（中小课堂）

1、Analysis of A red, red rose1青苗学班BO my Luve s like a red, red rose呵，我的爱人像朵红红的玫瑰花That s newly sprung in June;在六月迎风初放;O my Luve s like the melodie,呵，我的爱人像支甜关的曲子That s sweetly play d in tune.演奏得和谐绵长。As fare are thou, my bonnie3 lass,我的女郎，你的关丽，So deep in hive am I;使我爱你如此深长;And I will hive thee still，my d

2、ear,亲爱的，我将爱你，Till a the seas gangs dry,直到海枯，2青苗学班BTill a the seas gang dry, my dear,亲爱的，直到海枯，And the rocks melt wi the sun;直到石烂;I will hive thee still，my dear,亲爱的，我将爱你，While the sands o life? shall run.直到沧海变成桑田。And fare thee wee18, my only Luve!我的真爱，你是多么关丽!And fare thee weel a while!愿你永远关丽!And I wil

3、l come again, my Luve.我对你的爱，将，Thou it were ten thousand mile!永份不稗?3青苗学班BIntroduction The author of this poem is Robert Burns, who was a poor but educated man, a great poet, a representative of Scotland. He lived a very short life, from 1759 to 1796, but his life journey through poverty, informal edu

4、cation, disappointed love, nationalism, and literary and financial success can be identified by all Scots and people all over the world. He has become almost a national symbol of all things Scottish.Robert Burns4青苗学班B Brief introduction of the poem The poem consists of four verses. Each verse has fo

5、ur lines. A Red Red Rose is composed from the Scotland folk music. Profuse love runs through the whole poem. The entire universe can change and be destroyed, but only love can last forever.5青苗学班BTheme Love and Passion Burns used so many writing techniques which have been mentioned above to fully exp

6、ress his deep love to his lover.6青苗学班B Lexical features Basing on the tradition of folk music, Burns made a combination of poems and folk songs. A Red Red Rose is composed from the Scotland folk music. Therefore there are many archaic words (Scotland dialects and abbreviations) in the poem. For exam

7、ple: O = oh, luve = love, thou = you, art = are, thee = you, a = all, wi = will, tho = though, melodie = melody. The use of those archaic words not only makes the poem simple and unadorned, but also makes the poem moving and give off rural flavors. In addition, Burns chose “newly” and “sweetly” in t

8、he first verse to express his praise and admiration to his lover, which makes a deep impression in the readers.7青苗学班BFigures of speech Burns used a lot of figures of speech in this poem, such as, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, repetition, symbolism and so on. The using of figures of speech makes the r

9、eaders feel moved by the love theme. 8青苗学班BalliterationsymbolismrepetitionhyperboleMetaphorsimileRhetorical devices9青苗学班B SimileIn the first stanza Burns used two similes. One is to compare his lover to a just-blossoming rose in June, which is a very special and beautiful flower. The first simile sh

10、apes a young lady just like the red rose, who has a good figure, a beautiful face, elegant character and a light pleasant fragrance. The other simile is to compare his lover to a sweet melody, which makes him forget everything around him. The two simile describe the young ladys beauty perfectly as i

11、f she was standing in front of the readers and she could be heard just like a sweet melody.By the two similes, the poet expressed his love and his appreciation to his lover frankly.O my Luve s like a red, red rose呵，我的爱人像朵红红的玫瑰花That s newly sprung in June;在六月迎风初放;O my Luve s like the melodie,呵，我的爱人像支

12、甜关的曲子That s sweetly play d in tune.演奏得和谐绵长。10青苗学班BMetaphorBurns used a metaphor to enhance his deep feelings to his Jean. In this clause “While the sand o life shall run”, “sand o life” refers to the sand in the hourglass, which means time.But the sand in the hourglass keep the same without any chan

13、ge. That a good metaphor which could expressed the poets faithful love to his young lady Jean. His love wouldnt change a bit during his whole life. I will hive thee still，my dear, 亲爱的，我将爱你， While the sands o life? shall run. 直到沧海变成桑田。11青苗学班BHyperboleBurns used hyperbole which shows his faithful love

14、 to Jean.Those situations never happen in a humans short lifespan. Humans long history is just a short period in the universe. The seas going dry and the rocks melting with the sun is the beautiful dream pursuing by the young people who fall in love deeply. In addition, young people cant find other

15、words to express their deep feelings to the one they loved.Till a the seas gangs dry,直到海枯，And the rocks melt wi the sun;直到石烂;While the sands o life? shall run.直到沧海变成桑田。Thou it were ten thousand mile!永份不稗?12青苗学班B RepetitionA red, red roseIn the title of the poem, Burns used the word “red” twice, whic

16、h gives a deep impression to his readers that his lover is such a beautiful woman that looks just like a red red rose. The word “luve” repeated seven times in this poem. It is not just a simple repetition but has a special purpose. This repetition of “luve” stands for different meaning, such as “lov

17、er”, “love feeling” and “love” (as a verb). Burns made a repetition of the sentence pattern “O my luve is like” Then he repeated “And I will luve thee still my dear” and “Till a the seas gang dry”. In the last verse, Burns repeatedly used “fare thee weel”. Whats more, Burns used “my luve” throughout

18、 the whole poem, and he repeated to use “my dear ” for three times, which makes the readers just feel that they have heard the voice of the poets calling “my luve/ dear”.Those all make contribution to the poems musical beauty.13青苗学班BSymbolism The rocks, seas, the sun, the hourglass all symbolize the

19、 endless love. By means of symbolism, the poet expressed his keen, faithful and everlasting love to Jean. The sun in this poem symbolizes the keen and warm love to his lover. The seas symbolize the never ending love to his lover. And the hourglass symbolizes the everlasting love to his lover.14青苗学班B

20、Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant cluster in stressed syllables. luve” and like” in the first and third line, red”and red”in the title and the first line, and weel” and while” in the third last line in the last stanza. The use of this phonetic patterning could make

21、 the poem a harmonious unity, which will impress and affect readers. And such repetition makes it very easy to memorize and recite this love song.15青苗学班BRhyme scheme Rhyme, is defined in Concise Oxford Dictionary as identity of sounds between words or verse lines extending back from the end to the last fully accented vowel and not f