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,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,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,*,*,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,*,*,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,*,*,To Make a Prairie,Emily Dickinson,To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,去造一个草原 需要一株三叶草和一只蜜蜂,,One clover and a bee,一株三叶草和一只蜜蜂,,And revery.,还有梦。,Revery alone will do,单靠梦也行。,If bees are few.,如果蜜蜂不多。,This little poem expresses Dickinsons continuing love affair with the spiritual level of being.She begins by claiming that to make a physically large item,a prairie,all one needs is two small physical items,a clover and one bee.,Then she qualifies that by saying,one clover,and a bee/and revery,then she qualifies that claim further,by saying if you dont have one of those physical components,bees,(and by implication,the clover as well),then you can still make the prairie by revery alone.,revery means dream,thought,extended concentration on any subject,or even day.Dreaming where in the mind is allowed to roam free over the landscape of unlimited expansion,but to the speaker in this poem,revery is more like meditation which results in a true vision.,The speakers power of revery demonstrates an advanced achievement,far beyond ordinary day-dreaming or cogitation(,深思,).Ultimately,this speaker is claiming that without any physical objects at all,the mind of one advanced in the art of revery can produce any object that mind desires.,诗的大意是强调想象力在诗歌创作中的重要性。这是一个很大的题目,但诗人并没有落入俗套,去咬文嚼字搬弄术语,或是连篇累牍地论证文学创作的全过程。相反,她只是打了一个简单的比方:要描绘一片草原,你只需要一株草原上常见的红花草和一只蜜蜂,再加上一点想象。但假如情况不允许,连红花草和蜜蜂也没有的话,那也没有关系。只要你闭上眼睛,想象一下,那片草原就会浮现在你眼前。诗歌虽很简单,但却很有说服力,。,Success Is Counted Sweetest,Emily Dickinson,Success is counted sweetest,从未成功的人们,By those who neer succeed,最懂得成功的甜美,To comprehend a nectar,惟有极度的渴求,Requires sorest need.,方能体会甘露的滋味,In the first stanza,the speaker declares that it is only those who“neer succeed”who have the notion that success is the best thing.A nectar metaphorically represents the thing that is desired,nectar is anything that is sweet.,Not one of all the purple host,身穿紫服的王者之师,Who took the flag today,今日虽高扬凯旗,Can tell the definition,却无一人能把胜利的含义,So clearly,of victory.,说清道明,In the second stanza,the speaker dramatizes a field victory,saying that the winners cannot clearly state a definition of victory.The stanza paints a picture of the victor in the war,but the victor does not understand to the full extent what his victory is,and just counts it as victory,As he,defeated,dying,战败者奄奄一息,On whose forbidden ear,凯乐在远处奏响,The distant strains of triumph,冲破阻碍,飞到他的耳际,Burst,agonized and clear.,悲痛而嘹亮,In the third stanza,the defeated,however,is in agony and knows how powerful success is and what effect it has.Dickinson also implies irony in the third stanza as she implies that the defeated is the one that actually feels what success is,even though he is not the one that achieved it.She implies that the message of triumph is louder in the ears of those who dont have it;those who have reached success have not felt what it is like without success,Themes,Only failures fully understand the meaning of success.,Appreciating a boon(,恩赐,)requires privation(,穷困,).,Im Nobody!,Emily Dickinson,Im Nobody!Who are you?,我是无名之辈,!,你是谁,?,Are you nobody,too?,你也是无名之辈吗,?,Then theres a pair of us,-,dont tell!,那咱俩就成了一对别出声!,theyd banish us,you know!,他们会把咱们排挤要小心!,How dreary to be somebody!,多无聊身为赫赫显要!,How public,like a frog,多招摇不过像只青蛙,To tell your name the livelong day,向一片仰慕的泥沼,To an admiring bog!,整日里炫耀自己的名号!,Im Nobody!Who are you?,我是无名之辈,!,你是谁,?,Are you nobody,too?,你也是无名之辈吗,?,Then theres a pair of us-dont tell!,那咱俩就成了一对别出声!,theyd banish us,you know!,他们会把咱们排挤要小心!,Thepoemsfirststanzatellshowthespeakermeetsa fellow“nobody”-afriend.Together,the two nobodies can enjoy each others company and their shared anonymity,As a pair,they arent really nobodies anymore.Thats why the speaker says,“dont tell/theyd banish us/you know!”she understands that once you have another nobody at your side,you arent really a nobody anymore.And she doesnt want to be banished or kicked out from what she says as a society of nobodies.She is comfortable there.,How dreary to be somebody!,多无聊身为赫赫显要,!,How public,like a frog,多招摇不过像只,青蛙,To tell your name the livelong day,向一片仰慕的,泥沼,To an admiring bog!,整日里炫耀自己的名号!,In the second stanza,the tone of the poem changes.The speaker sounds confident.Perhaps it is her discovery that there are other people like her other nobodies-that makes her,feels strongly,that being a somebody isnt such a great,idea,.,She realizes,that having a friend who understands you and accepts you as you are is more important than being admired by a lot of people or being in,the,crowd.,采用了戏剧性独白的形式,用自嘲和讥刺的语调,对夸夸其谈而不惜身陷泥沼的庸俗之徒进行了辛辣的讽刺,表明了诗人甘于平凡的超越心理与不随波逐流的高尚人格。,Thank you for watching,
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