EmilyDickinson诗歌赏析

1、ImNobody!我是无名之辈一EmilyDickinsonImnobody!Whoareyou?我是无名之辈！你是谁？Areyounobody,too?你也是无名之辈吗？Thentheresapairofus-donttell!那么我们就是一对儿了！千万不要透露出去Theydbanishus,youknow!不然我们都会被他们驱逐，你知道。Howdrearytobesomebody!做一个某某，是多么沉闷无聊Howpublic,likeafrog 众人像是青蛙Totellyournamethelivelongday整日地把你谈论啊Toanadmiringbog!对着他们倾慕的泥沼我是无名之辈

2、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，把个人的姓名聒噪一一何等招摇！ThispoemisDickinsonsmostfamousandmostdefenseofthekindofspiritualprivacyshefavored,implyingthattobeaNobodyisaluxuryincomprehensibletoadrearysomebodyfortheyaretoobusykeepingtheirnamesincirculation.Buttobeso

3、mebodyisnotasfancyasitseemstobe.EmilyDickinsonAsyouprobablynoticedwhenyoureadthispoem,noneofthethemesthatIdiscussedintheOverviewofDickinsonappliestothispoem.MylistwasnotmeanttocovereverytopicDickinsonwroteon,nordoeseverypoemshewrotefitneatlyintoacategory.Dickinsonadoptsthepersonaofachildwhoisopen,na

4、ive,andinnocent.However,arethequestionsaskedandthefinalstatementmadebythispoemnaive?Iftheyarenot,thenthepoemisironicbecauseofthediscrepancybetweenthepersonasunderstandingandviewandthoseofDickinsonandthereader.Undertheguiseofthechildsacceptingsocietysvalues,isDickinsonreallyrejectingthosevalues?IsDic

5、kinsonsuggestingthatthetruesomebodyisreallythenobody?Thechild-speakerwelcomesthepersonwhohonestlyidentifiesherselfandwhohasatrueidentity.Thesequalitiesmakethatpersonnobodyinsocietyseyes.Tobesomebodyistohavestatusinsociety;society,themajority,excludesorrejectsthosewholackstatusorarenobody-thatis,they

6、dbanishusforbeingnobody.Instanza2,thechild-speakerrejectstheroleofsomebody(Howdreary).Thefrogcomparisondepictssomebodyasself-importantandconstantlyself-promoting.Shealsoshowsthefalsevaluesofasociety(theadmiringbog)whichapprovesthefrog-somebody.Doesthewordbog(itmeanswet,spongyground)havepositiveorneg

7、ativeconnotations?Whatqualitiesareassociatedwiththesoundsafrogmakes(croaking)?Istheresatireinthispoem?Somereaders,whoaremodestandself-effacingorwholackconfidence,feelvalidatedbythispoem.Why?ToMakeaPrairieTomakeaprairieIttakesacloverandonebee,Onecloverandabee,Andrevery.Reveryalonewilldo,Ifbeesarefew.

8、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。Dickinsonstinypoemmakesahugestatementaboutthenatureofmusing,day-dreaming,orassheputsit,revery.AnalysisThislittlepoemexpressesDickinsonscontinuingloveaffairwiththespirituallevelofbeing.Shebeginsbyclaimingthattomakeaphysicallylargeitem,“aprairie

9、,alloneneedsistwosmallphysicalitems,“acloverandonebee.”Thenshequalifiesthatbysaying,“Oneclover,andabee/Andrevery”;thenshequalifiesthatclaimfurther,bysayingifyoudontnaveoneofthosephysicalcomponents,“bees,(andbyimplication,thecloveraslWehenyoucanstillmaketheprairiebyreveryalone.Reverymeansdream,though

10、t,extendedconcentrationonanysubject,orevenday-dreamingwhereinthemindisallowedtoroamfreeoverthelandscapeofunlimitedexpansion,buttothespeakerinthispoem,“revery”ismorelikemeditationwhichresultsinatruevision.Thespeakersowerofreverydemonstratesanadvancedachievement,farbeyondordinaryday-dreamingorcogitati

11、on.Ultimately,thisspeakerisclaimingthatwithoutanyphysicalobjectsatall,themindofoneadvancedintheartofreverycanproduceanyobjectthatminddesires.3)SuccessIsCountedSweetest 成功的含义Successiscountedsweetest 从未成功的人们Bythosewhoneersucceed.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.Notoneo

12、fallthepurplehost 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.悲痛而喷亮.AcommonideainDickinsonspoemsisthatnothavingincreasesourappreciation

13、orenjoymentofwhatwelack;thepersonwholacksordoesnothaveunderstandswhateverislackingbetterthanthepersonwhopossessesit.Inthispoem,theloserknowsthemeaningdefinitionofvictorybetterthanthewinners.Theimplicationisthathehaswonthisknowledgebypayingsohighaprice,withtheanguishofdefeatandwithhisdeath.Instanzaon

14、e,sherepeatsthessoundand,toalesserdegree,n.Whydoessheusethisalliteration?i.e.,arethewordssignificant?Sorestisusedwiththeoldermeaningofgreatest,butcanitalsohavethemorecommonmeaning?Whataretheassociationsofnectar-good,bad,indifferent?Doesnectarpickupanywordinthefirstline?Instanzatwo,purpleconnotesroya

15、lty;therobesofkingsandemperorsweredyedpurple.Itisalsothecolorofblood.Aretheseconnotationsappropriatetothepoem?Inabattle,whatdoesaflagrepresent?Whyisvictorydescribedintermsoftakingthelosingsidesflag?Instanzathree,whatwordsareconnectedbydsoundsandbyssounds?Isthereanyreasonforconnectingoremphasizingthe

16、sewords?Dickinsoniscompressinglanguageandomittingconnectionsinthelastthreelines.Thedyingmansearsarenotforbidden;rather,thesoundsoftriumphareforbiddentohimbecausehissidelostthebattle.Thetriumphantsoundsthathehearsarenotagonized,thoughtheyarecleartohim;rather,heisagonizedathearingtheclearsoundsoftrium

17、phoftheotherside.Theyaredistantliterallyinbeingfaroffandmetaphoricallyinnotbeingpartofhisexperience;defeatistheoppositeofordistantfromvictory.Successiscountedsweetest.SummaryThespeakersaysthatthosewhoneersucceedplacethehighestvalueonsuccess.(Theycountitsweetest.)Tounderstandthevalueofanectar,thespea

18、kersays,onemustfeelsorestneed.Shesaysthatthemembersofthevictoriousarmy(thepurpleHost/Whotooktheflagtoday)arenotabletodefinevictoryaswellasthedefeated,dyingmanwhohearsfromadistancethemusicofthevictors.Thethreestanzasofthispoemtaketheformofiambictrimeter-withtheexceptionofthefirsttwolinesofthesecondst

19、anza,whichaddafourthstressattheendoftheline.(VirtuallyallofDickinsonspoemsarewritteninaniambicmeterthatfluctuatesfluidlybetweenthreeandfourstresses.)AsinmostofDickinsonspoems,thestanzashererhymeaccordingtoanABCBscheme,sothatthesecondandfourthlinesineachstanzaconstitutethestanzasonlyrhyme.CommentaryM

20、anyofEmilyDickinsonsmostfamouslyricstaketheformofhomilies,orshortmoralsayings,whichappearquitesimplebutthatactuallydescribecomplicatedmoralandpsychologicaltruths.Successiscountedsweetestissuchapoem;itsfirsttwolinesexpressitshomileticpoint,thatSuccessiscountedsweetest/Bythosewhoneersucceed(or,moregen

21、erally,thatpeopletendtodesirethingsmoreacutelywhentheydonothavethem).Thesubsequentlinesthendevelopthataxiomatictruthbyofferingapairofimagesthatexemplifyit:thenectar-asymboloftriumph,luxury,success-canbestbecomprehendedbysomeonewhoneedsit;thedefeated,dyingmanunderstandsvictorymoreclearlythanthevictor

22、iousarmydoes.ThepoemexhibitsDickinsonskeenawarenessofthecomplicatedtruthsofhumandesire(inalaterpoemonasimilartheme,shewrotethatHunger-wasaway/OfPersonsoutsideWindows-/TheEntering-takesaway-),anditshowsthebeginningsofherterse,compactedstyle,wherebycomplicatedmeaningsarecompressedintoextremelyshortphr

23、ases(e.g.,Onwhoseforbiddenear).ThemeofSuccessIsCountedSweetestSuccessIsCountedSweetestbyEmilyDickinsonbasicallysendsthemessagethatsuccess,likeanyotherpossessiontangibleorintangible,isonlyappreciatedbythosewhomitisnotalwaysreadilyavailable.Thethemeofthepoemisthatonlythosewhohavenotbeensuccessfulthink

24、thatsuccessissoimportant.Theloseristheonewhocontinuestocravesuccessasthewinnerfadesintoaneutralstateofemotion.Dickinsonclearlystatesthismessageandimpliesitthroughoutthepoem,andusesrhyme,imagery,andironytoincorporatethethemethattheonewhothirstforsuccessistheonewhoneversucceeds.Therhythmicpatternmakes

25、thepoemflowtogether,usingtherhymeschemeABCBintheshort,threestanzas,likeasong.Thistypicalrhymingschemegivesalightaffecttothepoem;creatingthefeelingofsimplenessandachievingthefeelingthatthemessageisnotburieddeepinthepoemslinesandiseasytocomprehend.Inthefirststanza,thespeakerdeclaresthatitisonlythosewh

26、oneersucceedwhohavethenotionthatsuccessisthebestthing.“Anectar”metaphoricallyrepresentsthethingthatisdesired.Nectarisanythingthatissweet.Emilyalsousesimagrytodevelophermessage.Inthesecondstanza,thespeakerdramatizesafieldvictory,sayingthatthewinnerscannotclearlystateadefinitionofvictory.Thestanzapaintsapictureofthevictorinthewar,butthevictordoesnotunderstandtothefullextentwhathisvictoryis,andjustcountsitasvictory.Inthethirdstanza,thedefeated,however,isinagonyandknowshowpowerfulsuccessisandwhataffectithas.Dickinsonalsoimpliesiro