Alfred Lord Tennyson

AlfredLordTennysonBy:董高杰，马凤，刘禹思，郑佳韵，朱倩LifePublicationsArtofpoetryPoetryAppreciationAlfredLordTennysonLife•TennysonwasborninSomersby,Lincolnshire,arector'ssonandfourthof12children.Hederivedfromamiddle-classlineofTennysons,butalsohadanobleandroyalancestry.•Tennysonandtwoofhiselderbrotherswerewritingpoetryintheirteens,andacollectionofpoemsbyallthreewerepublishedlocallywhenAlfredwasonly17.Life•TennysonwasfirstastudentofLouthGrammarSchoolforfouryears(1816–1820)andthenattendedScaitcliffeSchool,EnglefieldGreenandKingEdwardVIGrammarSchool,Louth.HeenteredTrinityCollege,Cambridgein1827,wherehejoinedasecretsocietycalledtheCambridgeApostles.AtCambridgeTennysonmetArthurHenryHallam,whobecamehisclosestfriend.FirstPublication•HisfirstpublicationwasacollectionofhisboyishrhymesandthoseofhiselderbrotherCharlesentitled“PoemsbyTwoBrothers”publishedin1827.AftertheFirstPublication•In1829,hewasawardedtheChancellor'sGoldMedalatCambridgeforoneofhisfirstpieces,Timbuctoo.Hepublishedhisfirstsolocollectionofpoems,PoemsChieflyLyricalin1830.ClaribelandMariana,whichlatertooktheirplaceamongTennyson'smostcelebratedpoems,wereincludedinthisvolume.TheSecondPublication•In1833,Tennysonpublishedhissecondbookofpoetry,whichincludedhiswell-knownpoem,TheLadyofShalott.TheThirdPublication•In1842,whilelivingmodestlyinLondon,TennysonpublishedtwovolumesofPoems.Theymetwithimmediatesuccess.Poemsfromthiscollection,suchasLocksleyHall,Tithonus,andUlysseshavemetenduringfame.ThePrincess:AMedley,asatireonwomen'seducation,whichcameoutin1847,wasalsopopularforitslyrics.TheLastPublication•Itwasin1850thatTennysonreachedthepinnacleofhiscareer,finallypublishinghismasterpiece,InMemoriamA.H.H.,dedicatedtoHallam.LaterthesameyearhewasappointedPoetLaureate(桂冠诗人),succeedingWilliamWordsworth.Inthesameyear(on13June)NowSleepstheCrimsonPetal深红的花瓣睡着了——暮色朦胧星光微微轻柔的风儿似是温柔的低语吻在爱人的发梢Nowsleepsthecrimsonpetal,nowthewhite;深红的花瓣睡着了，然后是白色的Norwavesthecypressinthepalacewalk柏树也不在舞摆于宫苑小径Norwinksthegoldfinintheporphyryfont:金鱼也不再炎眼于斑岩圣钵NowSleepstheCrimsonPetal深红的花瓣睡着了Thefire-flywakens:wakenthouwithme萤火虫醒来：唤醒了你和我Nowdroopsthemilwhitepeacocklikeaghost乳白色的孔雀幽灵般消沉Andlikeaghostsheglimmersontome她又幽灵般地向我闪着微光NowliestheEarthallDanacetothestars缀满星辰的苍穹笼罩着如达娜厄般恬息着的大地Andallthyheartliesopenuntome而你的心儿整个地向我开启Nowslidesthesilentmeteoron,andleaves流星悄然掠过，留下一道Ashiningfurrow,asthythoughtsinme光亮辙印，犹似你留予我的思虑NowSleepstheCrimsonPetal深红的花瓣睡着了•Nowfoldsthelilyallhersweetnessup•百合敛起她的全部芳馨•Andslipsintothebosomofthelake•潜入湖泊的中心•Sofoldthyself,mydearest,thou,andslip•我的爱，你也这样敛起自己吧•Intomybosomandbelostinme•潜入我的心，随后迷失踪影TheArtofHisPoetryTennysonusedawiderangeofsubjectmatter,rangingfrommedievallegendstoclassicalmythsandfromdomesticsituationstoobservationsofnature,assourcematerialforhispoetry.TheArtofHisPoetry•Healsohandledrhythmmasterfully.TheinsistentbeatofBreak,Break,Breakemphasisestherelentlesssadnessofthesubjectmatter.•Tennyson'suseofthemusicalqualitiesofwordstoemphasisehisrhythmsandmeaningsissensitive.TheArtofHisPoetry•Fewpoetshaveusedsuchavarietyofstyleswithsuchanexactunderstandingofmetre(韵律);likemanyVictorianpoets,heexperimentedinadaptingthequantitativemetresofGreekandLatinpoetrytoEnglish.ThankYoufouYourAttention