英文诗歌分析全文

1、1 The Lamb is a poem by William Blake , published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. Like many of Blakes works, the poem is aboutChristianity . The whole collectionis pervaded with a breath of simplicity and fancy.Poetic structurerhyme scheme : AA BB CC DD AA AA EF GG FE AA“ The Lamb” has two stanzas ,

2、each containing five rhymed couplets .The layout is set up by two stanzas with the refrain:LittleLamb who made thee?Dost thou know who made thee?In the firststanza , the speaker wonders who the lambs creator is; the answer liesat the end of the poem. Here we find a physical description of the lamb,

3、seen as a pure and gentle creature. In thesecond stanza , the lamb is compared with theinfant Jesus, as well as between the lamb and the speakers soul. In the last two lines the speaker identifies the creator: God.Rhetorical devicesThe poem begins with the question, “ Little Lamb, who made thee? ” T

4、he speaker, a child, asks the lamb about its origins: how it came into being, how it acquired its particular manner of feeding, its“ clothing ” of wool, its “ tender voice. ”In the next stanza, the speaker attempts ariddling answer to his own question:the lamb was made by one who “ calls himself a L

5、amb, ” one who resembles in his gentleness both the child and the lamb.Repetition in the first and last couplet of each stanza makes these lines into a refrain, and helps to give the poem its song-like quality. The flowing soft vowel sounds contribute to this effect, and also suggest the bleating of

6、 a lamb or the lisping character of a child s chant.ThemeThe lamb is a common metaphor for Jesus Christ, who is also called the The Lamb of GodBlake in the songs of innocence ， with childish lifes point of view ， shows a full of love and kindness, compassion and happy world.The poem has just 20 line

7、s, butdepicts the character of gentleness vividly.The poet s description about the lamb s kindness and gentleness , aims to express their feeling of life and nature, and the yearning for the universe and harmonious understanding.He not only sings praise of gentle lamb, but also the mystical power th

8、at can create the lamb. Here the God, Jesus and the Lamb are just the one thing.The TygerbrightTyger! | Tyger! | burning |brightIn the | forests | of the | night,What im | mortal | hand or | eyeCould | frame thy | fearful | symmetry?Analysis: In the this verse, the author compares the fierceness of

9、a tiger to a burning presence in dark forests. He wonders what immortal power could create such a fearful beast.* Line 1 is an example of synecdoche ( 提喻 ), a literary device used when a part represents the whole or the whole represents a part. In line 1 Tyger! Tyger! burning bright alludes to the p

10、redators eyes.In what |distant| deepsor |skiesBurnt the |fireof |thineeyes?On what |wingsdare| heas | pireWhat the| hand,dare| seizethe| fire?Analysis: Here the poet compares the burning eyes of the tiger to distant fire that only someone with wings could reach. The poet wonders where such a powerfu

11、l fire could have comeAndwhat |shoulder,|and what| art,Could| twistthe |sinews |of thy| heartAndwhen |thy heart| beganto |beat,Whatdread| hand ？ and| whatdread |feet?Analysis: In the third stanza wehave ametaphor giving us a vision askillful andpowerful blacksmith creatingthe tigersbeating heart awa

12、keningapowerfulbeast.The phrase “ .twist thesinews ofthy heart is also anallusionto ahardheartedness that a beast of prey must havetowards the creatures it kills.When the| stars threw When the| stars threw | down their |spears,And wa |ter d hea | ven with | their tears,Did he| smile his | work to| s

13、ee?Did he |who made | the Lamb | makethee?Analysis:In the fifthstanza,theauthor,withbeautifulrhetoricWhat the |hammer?|what the |chain?In what |furnace |was thy |brain?What the |anvil? |what dread| graspDare its| deadly |terrors |clasp?Analysis:This verse continues the allusion to a creator, who, ha

14、ving made thefearsome beast, must confront with the sheer terror of a tigers nature(personification),describes a marvelous creation process likening starlight to a symbolic destructive process.The author wonders whether the creator of the fierce and predatory tiger could make the docile, gentle lamb

15、. He sees a conflict between the creation of heartless, burning predator and its potential victim, the lamb.Tyger!| Tyger!| burning|brightIn the| forests| of the |nightWhat im| mortal| hand or|eyeDare |framethy| fearful| symmetry?Analysis:The final verse is but a reprise, almost a chorus. It serves

16、the purposeof repeating the wondrous question of the tigers creation and gives the reader another chance to enjoy the rhetorical and already answered question, What immortal hand or eye?The answer lies in the readers interpretation of creation: Did God create thefearsome along with the gentle? Whydo

17、es He allow the tiger to burn in the dark forest, while the lamb gambols in the glen under the stars of that very creation? The author leaves it up to the reader to decide. The important thing is the question, not the answer.Background information : The Tyger is a poem by the English poetWilliam Bla

18、ke .It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794. The Cambridge Companion to William Blake (2003) calls it the most anthologized poem in English. 解析题目：His choice of tyger has usually been interpreted as being for effect,perhaps to render an exotic or alien quality of the be

19、ast, or because its not really about a tiger at all, but a metaphor.The Meter : trochee tetrameter. (the poem is in trochaic tetrameter)The poem is comprised of six quatrains (A quatrain is a four-linestanza) in rhymedcouplets. TheRhyme Scheme：aa bb with a near rhyme ( 近似韵 ) ending the first andlast

20、 stanzas, drawing attention to the tigers fearful symmetry.Rhetorical devices1 Repetition of Tyger in line 1, dare in lines 7 & 8, heart inlines 10 & 11,what in lines12, 13, & 15, Did he in lines 19-20, and several repeats in stanzas 1 & 2 establish the poems nursery rhyme like rhythm.Alliteration i

21、n The Tyger abounds and helps create a sing-song rhythm. Examples include the following: burning bright (1) f rame thy f earful (4) distant deeps (5) what wings (7) began to beat (11) dare its deadly (16) he who (20)Symbolism ：(1) the tiger represents the dangers of mortality; (powerful force with t

22、error, mystery and violence eg: fearful symmetry, dread hand, obscure in symbolic meaning)(2)the fire imagery symbolizes trialsthe forest of the night represents unknown realms or challenges;the blacksmith represents the Creator;the fearful symmetry symbolizes the existence of both good and evil, th

23、e knowledge that there is opposition in all things, a rather fearful symmetry indeed.* SymbolsThe Lamb: GodDistant Deeps: HellThe Tiger: Evil (or Satan)Skies: HeavenMetaphor : Compare the tiger s eyes to fire.Anaphora : Repetition of what at the beginning of sentences or clauses. (首语重复法 )Example: Wh

24、at dread hand and what dread feet? / What the hammer? what the chain?ThemeThe poem is more about the creator of the tiger than it is about the tiger itself.The poet was at a loss to explain how the same God who made the lamb could make the tiger. So, the theme is: humans are incapable of fully under

25、standing the mind of God and the mystery of his handiwork.COMPARISObNetween the lamb and the tygerThe Tyger is the sister poem to “ The Lamb “ Songs of Innocence” , a reflection of similar ideas from a different perspective, but it focuses more on goodness than evil.Both are creation poemsStructure

26、of the “ The Lamb” is more obviously singular when compared with the complexity of “ The Tiger, ” whose complexity is achieved through layered questions without answers, while the Lamb poses a simple, singular question and then directly answers it.啊 玫瑰 你病了那看不见的虫在夜里飞翔啊 玫瑰 你病了那看不见的虫在夜里飞翔在呼啸的暴风雨中发现了你深红

27、色快活的床他黑色的秘恋摧毁了你我的生命Analysisrhyme scheme: abcb (2 quatrains or 2 stanzas)images: rose, worm, storm, bedLine 1 : The form of address O rose is called an apostrophe . The rose here could be a metaphor for love or passionLine 2-3 : Invisible might be a metaphor for the worms quiet act of destruction.Lin

28、e 4: The speaker mentions a howling storm, which gives the poem a more ominous tone. Howling reminds us of dogs or wolves; the sounds of those animals are here a metaphor for the stormLine 5-6 : Bed might refer to a plot of ground in which the rose is growing, which its not a literal bed with pillow

29、s, but a metaphor for the plot of ground. Or bed can refer to the roses petals, which is a place where insects rest or sleep. In addition, the worm manages to worm his way into the roses bed, which suggests some kind of sexual act.Lines 7-8 : The speaker describes how the worm destroys the rose with

30、 his dark secret love. It is an example ofpersonification , where human characteristics oremotions (love) are attributed to non-human things (namely the worm).The Rose The rose exists as a beautiful object that has become infected by a worm; also as a literary rose, the conventional symbol of love.

31、It symbolizes innocence, nature and even pre-industrial England fall under this more encompassing category. The speaker opens by apostrophizing the rose, immediately setting a tone of despair that is intensified by the epithet of “ sick ” . The rose resides in a “ bed” , which is a pun denoting both a flower bed