《致水鸟》解读与赏析

20122007582012级3班郭建英AnalysisofToaWaterfowlAttheverybeginning,theauthordescribesabeautifulscenethatawaterfowlflieslonely,whichcreatesasadandsilentatomsphere.Fromthewords“far”and”depths”,wecanimaginethatthereexistsaextensivespacewhereisfullofupsetnotes.Meanwhile,thedescriptionforthewaterfowlmakesastrongcontrastwiththisbackground.Whileinthesecondstanza,thepoetpotraysthewaterfowlasafirmimage.Thehunterscan’tfinishthetaskthoughtheyhavesparednoeffortstocatchit.Tosomedegree,wecanfindacontrastbetweenhumanbeingsandthenature.Atthefaceofnature,humanbeingsaresosmallthattheycannotchangethenatureanywaythoughtheyhavecreatedadvancedtecnologyanddevelopeddevices.Thehamonybetweenpeopleandnatureisthefinalandthebasicaim.So,wecansee,theauthorappreciatesthelonelywaterfowlverymuchbecauseitcannotbechangedbyotherseasily.Fromthenexttwostanzas,theyarefullofmysteriousatmosphere,andespeciallythereisa“Power”guidesit.Thoughthewaterfowlislonely,itisn’tlost.Wecanimaginethat“Power”mayberepresentsGodorothermyteriouspower.Whythepowerhelpthewaterfowl?Inmyimagine,owingtothewaterfowl’shardworking,thepowerareinclinedtodofavortoit.Fromthefifthstanza,wecanfindthesymbolicclues,theauthordon’thopethewaterfowlfallsinthewearyland.Whatisitandhowabout“darknight”?Arethereanydeepmeaning?Inmyopinion,thewaterfowlisthereflectionoftheauthor’sproblems,andhismainideaistofindtheenlightenmentofsolvingtheproblems.Andthewaterfowl’sstrugglingistheportrayaloftheauthor’sgettingridofconfusion.Inotherwords,ToWaterfowlisavividshowingforthereligiousbelief.Aftercarefulreading,theGodisstillhere,hefindshisdefiniteaiminhismind.Gradually,thewaterfowlandauthorareallenligtenedbytheGod.Theauthorusesthespecialdevicetorendermoralrules,whichisthathumanbeingsarejustlikeothercreatureswhowillbeprotectedandfavored.Itispossiblethattherearemanyobstaclesonyourroadandevenyouareindilema,butifyounevergiveup,youmayfindthepromissingfuture.Atthattime,thoughAmericanreligiousmovementasonefallsanotherrises.Itisevitablethatthetraditionalbeliefdescreases,inotherwords,thewayofbelievinghaschangedalot.Thisworkisjustlikeashadowofsecondreligiousreform.Whathehasexpressedinthepoetisakindofalusiaofbelief.HetrieshisbesttorecalltheGodhere,andletGodremovethealusia.Recalltheconfidenceforlifebyrecallingbelief.However,intoday’ssociety,itisreallydifficulttorecallpeople’sbelieves.Thereisakindofsatireinhistone.Maybeitisjustadream.Buttheauthorstillwantstostayinthedream.