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These stanzas are taken from “The Wild Honey Suckle” written by Phili p Freneau in1786,who is the Father of American poetry, propagandist, satirist,and loyal follower of Jefferson. Unlike those early writers who turned to look for themes outside America, Freneau, the first Ame rican-born poet, casted? his eyes over the natural surroundings of th e New Continent and American subject matter. As a transitional role b etween neoclassicism and romanticism,he has produced many major works ：“The Rising Glory of America” ,

“The British Prison Ship”, “The Indian Burying Ground”. Some of his them es and images anticipated the works of some 19th-century writers.

Firstly, the theme of the poem lies in the deistic celebration of nat ure and the romantic use of simple nature imagery; the author is ins pired by themes of death and transience,showing us how to live a usef ul and active life.

Secondly,it’s the rhyme scheme.The poem was written in regular 6-line tetrameter stanzas,rhyming:ababcc. Such as the pronunciation of [?u] [i :t] [i?] in the first stanza. Thus,much of the beauty of the poem lies i n the sounds of the words and the effects created through changes in rhythm.

Thirdly,there are many outstanding features in this poem.First,some f igures of speech occur in the poem，

such as personification,parallelism,repetition,hyperbole, metaphor.Secondly,it offers a vision of an abundant America and an indication of his dedication to American subje ct matter. What’s more,it’s a representative of the emerging nationalism.

Fourthly,it’s the significance.Wild honey suckle, instead of rose or daffodil becomes the image of depiction; it is “wild”just to convey th e fresh perception of the natural scenes on the new continent. The flowers, similar to t he early Puritan settlers, used to believe they were the selects of God to be arranged on the abundant land, but now have to wake up from th at fantasy and be more respectful to natural law. (Time is constant b ut the time of a life is short, any favor is relative but change is a bsolute;flowers were born, bloomed and declined to repose, and human being would exist in the same way.)A philosophical meditation is indi cted by the description of the fate of a trivial wild plant.

补充材料：

First,It's personification.The poet used “thy” to describe the Wild Honey Suckl e.Second, It's parallelism. In the first stanza, the poet use “un” an d “no” to lead parallelism.Third, It's repetition.”If nothing once, y

ou nothing lose”.Two nothings are repetition.Fourth,hyperbole. In the last sentence,an hour is too rapid of a flower like honey suckle to faded.Fifth, metaphor.From the first stanza fair flower to the end th e frail of a flower, the life of a flower just like the life of a hum an being. Our fate is doomed.