我为美而死 I died for beauty赏析

Slant Rhyme ( 缺 陷 押 韵 ):A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance(元韵) or consonance(和韵) only. Also called half rhyme(半 韵), near rhyme(邻韵), oblique rhyme(斜韵), and off rhyme.
三、Text Analysis & Important Metaphors:
以大写字母开头的词作为强调的特点
Before we start this part, we should learn that the poems of Dickinson have an obvious artistic feature which is that she tends to apply the words beginning
with capital letter for emphasis.
The first stanza:
I died for Beauty—but was scarce (rare) 我为美而死，但还不怎么
Adjusted in the Tomb 适应坟墓里的生活
When One who died for Truth, was lain 这时一位为真理而死的人
《I Died for Beauty——But Was Scarce》 &《Ode on a Grecian》
5. The thoughts and the theme 6. Enlightenment
一、Introduction of Emily Dickinson
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold that no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.”
Three important men
the sources of her inspiration and guidance
Benjamin Newton, a young lawyer, who improved her literary and cultural tastes. She refers to him “a friend, who taught me immortality”. He directed her to intellectual independence and ultimately to poetry. (Emily was 18)
Charles Wadsworth, a married minister who provided her with intellectual challenge and contact with the outside world. Dickinson felt an affection for him that he could not return. (Emily was 24)
Thomas Higginson, a poetry critic for the Atlantic Monthly, who later helped gathering her poems for publications. (Emily was 33)
Poem’s Themes
Based on her own experiences: joys, sorrows and imagination.
I died for beauty ——but was scarce
Emily Dickinson
Contents
1. Introduction 2. The form and the rhyme 3. Text analysis & important metaphors 4. Comparison between
Slant rhyme
Replied[rɪˈplaɪd] said [sed]
Slant rhyme
Rooms [ruːmz] Names [neɪmz]
Rhyme scheme
Even number lines: rhyme regularly In pairs
Odd lines: change freely alone ·It means that holding on to the faith of truth and beauty is doomed to be lonely.
(1)Religion——doubt and belief about religious subjects (2)Death and immortality (3)Love—— suffering and frustration caused by love (4)Physical aspect of desire (5)Nature—— benevolent (kind) and cruel (6)Free will and human responsibility
After 70 years of her death, she began to receive serious attention of the literary.
Being considered a pioneer in modern poet posthumously（于死后，于身后）. Along with Whitman, being regarded as one of the greatest American poets.
The artistic features of Dickinson’s writing
● No titles. ● Dashes are used as a musical device. ● Capital letters as a means of emphasis. ● She often used persona（人格面具）and personalification. Her poetry is remarkable for its variety, subtlety and richness. ● Brevity, directness and plainness. Her poems are usually short, rarely more than twenty lines, and many of them are centered on a single image or symbol and focus on one subject matter.
二、The form and the rhyme
（一）Form
The first and the third lines are iambic tetrameter (抑扬格四音步）
the second and the fourth lines are iambic trimeter (抑扬格三音步)
indicate that the death isn’t the end to pursue the truth and beauty.
（四）The first person narration
The poet is the narrator, as if to directly tell the reader her own experience and feelings. The colloquial, concise and natural language is more impressive in auditions.
And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night － We talked between the Rooms － Until the Moss had reached our lips － And covered up － our names －
（二）Rhyme
Perfect Rhyme (完美押韵):Rhyme in which the final accented vowel and all succeeding consonants or syllables are identical, while the preceding consonants are different.
Had little formal education Had high interests in works of many famous writers (such as Shakespeare, Elizabeth Browning, Bronte sister) who affected her intellectual thinking and works.
Rhyme scheme : abcb
I died for Beauty－but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When one who died for Truth, was lain In an adjoining Room－
He questioned softly “Why I failed?” “For Beauty,” I replied － “And I － for Truth － Themself are One－ We Brethren, are,” He said －
Published less than 10 poems among 1800 poems before her death.
Knowing for being a recluse, she didn’t leave her family’s homestead after the late 1860s.