Robert_Frost_及其诗三首的介绍分析

• In 1912, he and his family moved to England, where he found a publisher for his first book of verse, A boy’s will (1913). • Determined to win recognition in his native land, Frost returned to the US and settled on a farm in his native land. • By the end of his life he had become a national poet; he received honorary degrees from forty-four colleges and universities and won four Pulitzer Prizes; the United States senate passed resolutions honoring his birthdays and when he was eighty-seven he read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.
Fire and Ice (火与冰)
• • • • Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
Background
• This poem was written in 1922 by Robert Frost, and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. • Frost wrote this poem about winter in June, 1922. He had been up the entire night writing the long poem "New Hampshire" and had finally finished when he realized morning had come. He went out to view the sunrise and suddenly got the idea for "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." He wrote the new poem in just a few minutes and later stated that "It was as if I'd had a hallucination." • This was Frost's favorite of his own poems and in a letter to Louis Untermeyer he called it "my best bid for remembrance".
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有人说世界将结束于熊熊烈焰， 有人则说结束于凛凛寒冰。 欲望如火，体会其烈， 则知世之归于火为我所愿。 但若其必两度遭逢毁灭， 我知恨之极至， 必然明了，毁灭之冰， 同样魁伟， 同样顺人心意。
Publication
• "Fire and Ice" first appeared in the December 1920 issue of Harper's. • In 1923, it appeared in New Hampshire, a collection of Frost's poems published in New York.
Theme
• The central theme of "Fire and Ice" is that human emotions are destructive when allowed to run amok. They can destroy a person morally, mentally and physically. Not frequently, unbridled emotions—such as those of Adolf Hitler—can destroy entire countries and even threaten to destroy civilization itself.
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He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. 他把他胸前的挂铃一摇， 想问问到底有没有弄错路线。 此外只听得一阵微风吹过， 和一阵鹅毛似的雪片卷过。
IV. Frost’s Style
• rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries, used traditional forms such as the blank verse, plain language of rural New Englanders, and a graceful style. • there is a steady tone of wry humor, and a virtually inexhaustible verbal grace. • He used symbols from everyday country life to express his deep ideas. • As a whole, Frost’s art is an act of clarification, which, without simplifying the truth, renders it in some degree accessible to everyone.
这是谁家的林子，我想我知道， 虽说他的农舍在村子那一头， 他不会却看到我停留在这儿， 望着他的林子积雪有多厚。
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My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. 我那小马一定会感到奇怪： 停留在这儿？又没村舍在邻近 夹在一座森林和一片冰湖之间， 在这一年中最昏暗的黄昏。
II. Main Works
• • • • • A Boy’s Will 1913 North of Boston, 1914 Mountain Interval, 1916 New Hampshire 1923 Collected Poems 1930 <<一个男孩的意愿>> << 波士顿的北部>> <<山间>> <<新罕布什尔>> <<诗集>>
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
雪夜林边小驻
• • • • Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Figures of Speech
• • • • • • • • • Alliteration Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. I hold with those who favor fire. Anaphora (首语重复) Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. Paradox But if it had to perish twice
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. 树林真可爱，幽暗而深远。 可是我还得赶赴约会， 还得赶好几里路才能安睡， 还得赶好几里路才能安睡。
Robert ntroduction
• born in San Francisco in 1874. • his mother brought him to New England at his eleven, with which his poetry has always been associated. • After graduating from high school in 1892, Frost entered Dartmouth College but soon left to work at old jobs and to write poetry. • In 1897, he was accepted as a special student by Harvard but withdrew after two years because of his increasing dislike for academic convention. For the next twelve years, Frost made a minimal living by teaching and farming while continuing to write his poems.