美国文学史-第10次-朗费罗和布莱恩特

• Seek'st thou the plashy brink • Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, • Or where the rocking billows rise and sink • On the chafed ocean-side?
• 你想要飞往何处？ 要寻觅杂草丛生、潮湿的湖岸？ 大河的边沿，还是磨损的海滩？ 那里有动荡的巨浪起起落落
• Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, • Thy figure floats along.
• 也许，猎鸟者的眼睛 徒劳地看着你远飞，想要伤害你， 当红色的天空衬着你的身影， 你飘摇而去。
• Act— act in the glorious Present!
• Heart within, and God O’er head!
Stanza 7
• Lives of great men all remind us • We can make our lives sublime,
• And, departing, leave behind us • • Footsteps on the sands of time;
3. there is a joyousness in his poetry. A
spirit of optimism and faith in the goodness of life which evokes immediate response in the emotion of his readers. 4. He was among the first American writers to use native themes. He wrote about the American scene and landscape, the Indians, the American history and tradition. While the other writers explored the unhappy depths of the inner, Longfellow’s poetry directed to the hearts of the ordinary Americans
“A Psalm of Life” 《人生礼赞》
Ballads and Other Poems《歌谣及其他》
“The Village Blacksmith”
Hyperion
《乡村铁匠》
《许珀里翁》
Poems on Slavery 《奴隶制度诗篇》
Poets and Poetry of Europe 《欧洲诗人及诗歌》 Evangeline
• "To a Waterfowl" is a lyric poem of eight four-line stanzas presenting the meditation of a person observing a soaring waterfowl.
本诗的韵律分析
• In each stanza, the poet uses iambic trimeter in lines 1 and 4 but iambic pentameter in lines 2 and 3. The second stanza illustrates this format: . • vain LY the FOWL er’s EYE three iambic feet • might MARK thy DIST ant FLIGHT to DO thee WRONG, five iambic feet • as, DARK ly SEEN a GAINST the CRIM son SKY, • five iambic feet • thy FIG ure FLOATS a LONG. three iambic feet
poem as a bird sings, with natural grace and melody. Read of heard once or twice, his rhyme and meters cling to the mind long after the sense may be forgotten. 2. he wrote obvious theme which appeal to all kinds of people. Part of his popularity come from his saying beautifully the things Americans wanted to hear.
• Let us then be up and doing,
• With a heart for any fate; • Still achieving, still pursuing • Learn to labor and to wait.
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
• Descendant from the May Flower stock • Interest in poetry • Lawyer • Editor • Translator • Poet
William Cullen Bryant 威廉-卡伦-布莱恩特
( 1794-1878)
• The American Wordsworth • One of the greatest translators: Iliad (伊 利亚特) and Odyssey(奥德赛) • Definer of the character and tone of American poetry—looking to nature and American landscape for evidence of the divine.
Stanza 3
• Not enjoyment , and not sorrow, • Is our destined and our way;
• But to act, that much to-morrow • Find us farther than to-day.
Stanza 4
• Art is long , and time is fleeting.
External Factors:
Versification: Rhythm? Trochaic tetrameter Stanza? 9 stanzas Rhyme scheme? abab
Stanza 1
• Tell me not in mournful numbers • Life is but an empty dream! • For the soul is dead that slumbers
• And things are not what they seem.
Stanza 2
• Life is real! Life is earnest • • And the grave is not its goal; • Dust thou art , to dust returnest, • Was not spoken of the soul.
• In the bivouac of Life,
• Be not like dumb, driven cattle! • Be a hero in the strife!
Stanza 6
• Trust no future. howe’er pleasant! • Let the dead Past bury its dead!
American Romanticism: Fireside Poets
Longfellow & Bryant
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Born into a family of
social prominence
A straight-A student Language genius Professorship in modern
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Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way?
• 你要去往何方？露珠正在坠落， 天穹闪耀着白昼最后的脚步， 远远地，穿过玫瑰色的深处， 你求索着孤独的道路。
《伊凡吉琳》
Song of Hiawatha 《海华沙之歌》
The Courtship of Miles Standish 《迈尔斯· 斯坦狄什的求婚》
Reasons for the popularity and significance of his poetry
1. he had the gift for easy rhyme. He wrote
• And our hearts , though stout and brave. • Still , like muffled drums , are beating
• Funeral marches to the grave.
Stanza 5
• In the world’s broad field of battle,
After a seven-year courtship, Longfellow married Frances Appleton in 1843, who died 18 years later.
1. Important Works

Outre-Meight 《夜吟》
A Psalm of Life
人生礼赞
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Background of the poem
• The poem was written in 1838 when Longfellow was struck with great dismay. Longfellow tried to encourage himself by writing a piece of optimistic words. • It is very influential in China, because it is said to be the first English poem translated into Chinese.
Stanza 8
• Footsteps, that, perhaps another,
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Sailing o’er life solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again,
Stanza 9
Works
a) Thanatopsis b) To a Waterfowl
《死亡随想 》
《致水鸟》
Thanatopsis
• He was influenced by Graveyard School in England and wrote “Thanatopsis”.
To a Waterfowl
language
Translator
Longfellow’s Marriages
Mary Storer Potter became Longfellow's first wife in 1831 and died four years later.
Longfellow’s “trademark”: His beard