苏轼和弥尔顿致亡妻

1、A comparison between On His Deceased Wife and Riverside Town John Milton vs. Su Shi similiary and difference,苏轼 江城子 乙卯正月二十夜记梦,十年生死两茫茫。不思量，自难忘。千里孤坟，无处话凄凉。纵使相逢应不识，尘满面，鬓如霜。 夜来幽梦忽还乡。小轩窗，正梳妆。相顾无言，惟有泪千行。料得年年断肠处明月夜，短松冈。,On his deceased wife Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis

2、，from the grave， Whom Joves great son to her glad husband gave， Rescued from death by force， though pale and faint。 Mine，as whom washd from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old Law did save， And such， as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint， Came ves

3、ted all in white， pure as her mind： Her face was veild; yet to my fancied sight Love， sweetness， goodness， in her person shind So clear， as in no face with more delight。 But O， as to embrace me she inclind，,similarity,1.Theme.Mourn the deseaced wife They wrote the poem to mourn their wife. SU His fi

4、rst wife, Wang Fu, they had a deep relationship . In Meizhou, Wang Fu silently accompany her husband to create. Su Shi to obtain fame, she also came to the city, in her specific sensitive and delicate helped forthright candid husband to cope with complicated officialdom, to avoid much persecution. I

5、n 1065, the king died unfortunately. 1068, Su Shi continued to marry Fus cousin, Wang Runzhi. They were harmony, but he always cant forget Wang Fu,Riverside Town to remember the dream is Su Shi 1075 write to mourn for her.,John Milton his first marriage was not happy. The death of his ex-wife ,four

6、years later, married Catherine Woodcocas his wife, he had been blind and therefore always dont know what his wife looks like, but they were affectionate. Unexpectedly,time is short, a year and three months later, Catherine died of puerperal. This poem was wrote for her.,2.Means of express and emotio

7、n that is similiar. They wrote down the poem about their dreams.The two poems are not for writing but for remember experirnce in life with their real emotion, feelings and sorrow ,painful and misearable.,3.Situation. on the low point of life Su At that time, he was coincided with career failure, the

8、 nature of the life gived him a great deal to recall his dead wife one night had a dream,his sadness made it more mournful. Milton In face of severe environment, his bindness, beloved wife died, the cause of revolution challenge, living environment crisis. This is a bottomless tenderness poem,the po

9、et revealed his mournful feeling in the works,4.The same figure speech -comparison The dream comparise with reality strongly.On one spect,the dream comforts poets loneness.Another,the dream makes real life look like worse. SU Reality(1-8)Dream(9-13)Reality Milton Dream(1-13)Reality,1.Scenery is diff

10、erent.Su 3 different sceneries formed as whole.十年生死两茫茫。不思量，自难忘(Miss his wife very much)千里孤坟，无处话凄凉。纵使相逢应不识，尘满面，鬓如霜。 (Sigh for his own life situation. ) 夜来幽梦忽还乡。小轩窗，正梳妆。相顾无言，惟有泪千行。(The situation of dream) 料得年年断肠处明月夜，短松冈.。（Sigh for his wife) The three parts form a whole,to express his miss,sadness,Whic

11、h make his real life more misearable.,difference,Milton only described the whole dream. The before 13 lines describe his wife,she is saintly to tell her virtures.For region,she is mystery cant be reached. The last line is true that is much different from the dream.Making the life more mserable.,2.Style is different.Su implicative,write true situation in life.千里孤坟,尘满面，鬓如霜,泪千行. infinited imaginary.千里孤坟,小轩窗，正梳妆.every word can be imagined as a picture Milton direct,romantic.Came vested all in white， Her face