英国文学Crossing the bar 赏析

1、,CrossingtheBar 渡过沙洲,Alfred Tennyson,Background information Crossing the bar Poem analysis Artistic feature,Alfred Tennyson,Tennyson is the representative poet of Victorian age（ Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ）. He has perfect control of the sound of English. His works are not only the products

2、 of the creative imagination of a poetic genius but also products of a long and rich English heritage.,6 August 1809 6 October 1892,Life Experiences,1830,1831,Published his first volume,Appeared his second volume,leave Cambridge,The Millers Daughter磨坊主的女儿,He began his long series of idylls of Englis

3、h life.,1832,The May Queen五月女王,not well received,1836,Went to live near London, for 10 years he published nothing,Came forth with 2 volumes， Established Tennysons career as a writer,The Princess公主 appeared about the high education of women,1850,In Memoriam悼念,1859-1885,Idylls of the King国王之歌,Death in

4、 1892,1842,1847,Crossing the Bar,Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew form out the boundless deep Turns again home.,渡过沙洲,Twilight and e

5、vening bell,And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.,夕阳下，闪疏星，召唤一声清朗！愿沙渚宁静，我将出海远航；潮汐如梦幻，涛声似止，浪花息；大海深处涌来，又悄然退却。,暮霭钟鸣，黑夜将笼罩！愿

6、诀别无悲声，登舟起锚；千古洪流，时空无限，滔滔载我至远方；渡沙渚一线，泰然见领航。,The scene is sketched with a few strokes： sunset and the evening star， the twilight and the evening bell， and then the dark. The ship is ready to go out of the harbor. It will cross the bar and reach the vast open sea for the long voyage that it is to make.,

7、Theme,Alfred Tennyson wrote this poem at the age of 80. To our surprise, the poet laureate can still use his inspiration to make this poem within 10 minutes. This poem appears， at his request， as the final poem in all collections of his works. Crossing the bar means leaving this world and entering t

8、he next world. We can feel his fearlessness towards death， his faith in God and an afterlife.,This piece of poem talks about the death of traditional Christian thought, emphasizing the poets firm religious beliefs. As a skilled pilot will guide the boat ride out the sandbar, God will guide us safely

9、 through the shallows of the sinister death.,Image,The first two lines of the poem switch visual sights and sounds of the readers attention to the distinctive sensory image. “Sunset” ,l“evening stars”, “twilight” and “evening bell” , “sea”, and“ tide”.,Figure of Speech,Symbolism bar Sunset evening s

10、tars twilight evening bell pilot,the space between life and death the end of life god,Metrical Beauty,This poem consists of 4 quatrains with a rhyme scheme of “abab cdcd efef gaga.” Alliteration、assonance The repetition of when in “When I put out to sea”, “When I embark” and “When I have crossed the bar”,Artistic Features,Tennyson is a real artist. He has the natural power of linking visual pictures with musical expressions， and these two with the feelings. He has perfect control of the sound of English, and a sensitive ear