文体学分析Because-I-could-not-stop-for-death-a

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Because I could not stop for Death,Emily Dickinson,Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me,The Carriage held but just Ourselves,And Immortality.,We slowly drove He knew no haste,And I had put away,My labor and my leisure too,For his Civility,Because I could not stop for Death,Because I could not stop for Death,We passed the School,where Children strove,At Recess in the Ring,We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain,We passed the Setting Sun,Or rather He passed Us,The Dews drew quivering and chill,For only Gossamer,my Gown,My Tippet only Tulle,Because I could not stop for Death,We paused before a House that seemed,A Swelling of the Ground,The Roof was scarcely visible,The Cornice in the Ground,Since then tis Centuries and yet,Feels shorter than the Day,I first surmised the Horses Heads,Were toward Eternity,Because I could not stop for Death,one of the most famous women poets in America,She began writing poetry at the age of 20,but most of her early poem has been lost.,Emily Dickinsons interest in death was remarkable,leaving more than 500 poems on the subject of the death.,Many of her poems were half rhymes.,Introduction of the poet,Emily Dickinson,one of the most significant poem of Emily Dickinson in terms of the subject of death,one of Emily Dickinsons most famous works.,free and easy,showed us Emilys meditation about death,exploration to life and desire for eternity.,Introduction of the,poem,Because I could not stop for Death,Dickinson describes“Death”as a gentleman driving a carriage,who is endowed with favorable human attributes of being kind.And“Immortality”is also a passenger in the carriage.,The carriage trundles along at a pretty relaxed pace.Being content with Deaths politeness&charm,the woman is distracted from her work and felt completely at ease with the gentleman.,Dickinson is painting a scene of what they are riding by:the School,the Fields of Gazing Grains&the Setting Sun,which respectively symbolizes her early life,the middle stage of life&the final stage of life.,With the sun going down,the dew is setting in.Not warmly wearing,she is getting chilly.She is restating that the phases of her life have passed her by.,Dickinson describes grave as a House.Such description indicates that the poet is quite comfortable or at ease with the location.,Though centuries have passed,the poet still feels it just happened yesterday.With reference of the Horses Heads,we readers will be reminded of the vision mentioned in the 1,st,stanza.,Content,Analysis of the poem,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,Irregular Stanza Rhyme,1th&2nd&3rd stanzas,5th&6th stanzas,1,st,&3,rd,lines,8,syllables,2,nd,&4,th,lines,6,syllables,1,st,&3,rd,lines,8,syllables,2,nd,&4,th,lines,6,syllables,Poets feeling towards Death changes,the mood of the poem,changes,4th stanza,change,Hymn-like meter,Slant Rhyme,&,Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,The whole poem with four feet iambic and three feet iambic appears an alternate layout,and the rhyme is not strict.This“not in strict”rhyme,contrasting to the traditional model of the rhythm of poetry creation,reflects Dickinsons creative rebellion and modernity.,Phonological Level,third,unstressed,unstressed,second,stressed,Each Line,The first,syllable,fourth,stressed,Example:,.1.2.3.4,Be CAUSE|I COULD|not STOP|for DEATH,.1.2.3,He KIND|ly STOPPED|for ME;,Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,B,e,cause I could not stop for Death,H,e,kindl,y,stopped for m,e,Th,e,Carriage h,el,d but just Ours,el,ves,And Immortality.,Phonological Level,e,y(the end):Off-rhyme,e(the beginning):alliteration,el:internal rhyme,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,The rich use of the poem rhyme is abound of changes,increasing the beauty of the musicality of poetry to read catchy,adding the language of poetry appreciation value and giving the reader a unique aesthetic temperament and interest.,Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Graphological Level,Unothordox Use of Punctuation,20 dashes(instead of a comma or a period),sense the poets complicated thoughts writhing in her brain,pause the poem and leave space to think over and to go on,Functions,attract the readers attention to the poets way to Eternity,Were toward Eternity,imply that the poem is never ending,just as eternity is never ending,Graphological Level,Unusual Capitalization,Capitalized,Words,D,eath,H,e,W,e,U,s,O,urselves,I,mmortality,H,is,C,ivility,S,etting,S,un,E,ternity,etc.,concerning about the theme,:,Death,&,Immortality,They will certainly stand out,slow the readers down a little,making us pause to consider the word rather than breezing through the poem;,Graphological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Phonological Level,At the Lexical Level,Flexible Use of Lexicons,simple&plain words,more solemn&serious words,.,labor,leisure,Schoo