A Red,Red Rose

ARed,RedRose--byRobertBurnsAbriefIntroductionaboutRobertBurnsHisinfluenceHisworksBackgoundInformationTheGenreofthepoemAnalysisofthepoemSomesimilarexpressionsinChineseDifferenttranslationversionsMyownappreciationaboutthepoemRobertBurnsScotland'sfavouritesonthePloughmanPoet•theBardofAyrshire•In2009hewaschosenasthegreatestScotHisinfluenceonBobDylan•Whenaskedforthesourceofhisgreatestcreativeinspiration,AmericansingersongwriterBobDylanselectedBurns'1794songARed,RedRose,asthelyricsthathavehadthebiggesteffectonhislife.•BobDylannamesScottishpoetRobertBurnsashisbiggestinspiration.DailyMail(London).TheAmericansinger-songwriterwasaskedtosaywhichlyricorversehashadthebiggesteffectonhislife.Heselectedthe1794songARed,RedRose,whichisoftenpublishedasapoem,pennedbythemanregardedasScotland'snationalpoet.Works•PoemsCheiflyintheScottishDialect1786•《苏格兰方言诗集》•TheTreeofLiberty《自由树》1794•BurnswasanoutspokensupportersoftheFrenchRevolution,undertheinfluenceofwhichhewroteanumberofpoemsonthethemeofrevolution,suchasTheTreeofLibertyandARevolutionaryLyric.Inthesepoems,Burnscallsonthepeopletoriseinarmsforahappylifeinfuture.•ScotsWhaHae(English:Scots,WhoHave;)isapatrioticsongofScotlandwrittenintheScotslanguagewhichservedforcenturiesasanunofficialnationalanthemofthecountry.《苏格兰人》1793•SatirePoems:•HolyWillie'sPrayer《威利长老的祈祷》•TheTwaDogs《两只狗》•LyricPoems:•MyHeart,sinthehighlands《我的心在高原》•ARed,RedRose《红玫瑰》•JohnAnderson,MyJo《约翰∙安德生我的爱》BackgoundInformation•Duringthepoet,sstayinEdinburgh,RobertBurnsmetprinterJamesJohnsonwhoplannedaprojecttoprintallofthefolksongsinScotland.ThisprojectenthralledBurnsandembarkeduponajourneythroughoutScotlandtocollectasmanyfolksongsaspossible.Burnscollectedover300songsandwroteafewpoems,includingARed,RedRose.ARed,RedRose•Genre:aballad民谣•Structure:4quatrains•Ballad:anoldformofverseadaptedforsingingorrecitation,originatinginthedayswhenmostpoetryexistedinspokenratherthanwrittenform.Thetypicalsubjectmatterofmostballadsreflectsfolkthemesimportanttocommonpeople:love,courage,themysterious,andthesupernatural.ARed,RedRose•O,myLuve,slikeared,redrose,(simile)•That,snewlysprunginJune.•O,myLuve,slikethemelodie,(simile)•That,ssweetlyplay,dintune.•Luve:Scotishdialect=love•melodie:=molody•来自法语，是19、20世纪法国从德国的抒情歌曲学来的，•它是带伴奏的艺术歌曲。•19世纪的melodie•一般用严肃抒情诗做歌词，•由钢琴伴奏的独唱演员演唱。Melodie的特点是•诗歌与音乐的完美统一。•因此，melodie准确地说•不是“乐曲”、“曲调”，•而是“歌曲”。•sprung:p.p.ofspring•play,d：诗歌用语=played•Asfairartthou,mybonielass,•SodeepinluveamI,•AndIwillluvetheestill,mydear,•Tilla,theseasgangdry.•art古英语，第二人称系动词，=are•thou古英语，第二人称主格，=you•bonie来自法语健康的，美丽的，可爱的，可人的•lass年轻未婚女子，姑娘；多数用于非正式对少女的称呼；因与lassie有关，所以也有女性恋人的意思•a'诗歌语言，=all•gang苏格兰方言，=go•Tilla,theseasgangdry,mydear,•(repetition)•Andtherocksmeltwi,thesun,(hyperbole)•O,Iwillluvetheestill,mydear,•Whilethesandso,lifeshallrun.(Metaphor)•wi'诗歌语言，=with•thee古英语，第二人称宾格，=you•o'诗歌语言，=of•Andfaretheeweel,myonlyluve,•Andfaretheeweelawhile!•AndIwillcomeagain,myLuve,•Tho,itweretenthousandmile!(Hyperbole)•fare-thee-weel•诗歌语言，•=（bid）farewell（to）thee再见•tho'诗歌语言，=though•Whileredistheexpectedhueoftheflower,therepetitionoftheadjectiverepresentsthefullestandmostlovelymanifestationoftherose:itsidealstate.Suchalsoisthenatureofthepoet,slove.•Newlysprung,itexistsinitspurestandmostperfectstate.sandso,life•TheancientEuropeansusedasandglass(orhourglass)tomeasurethetime.Whenallthesandintheglasswasgone,itwastheendofanhour.Hereitisahyperboletosaythattheman,slifeismeasuredbyasandglass.Whileheliveshe,llalwaysloveher.SomesimilarexpressionsinChinese•上天呀！•我渴望与你相知相惜，•长存此心永不褪减。•除非巍巍群山消逝不见，•除非滔滔江水干涸枯竭。•除非凛凛寒冬雷声翻滚，•除非炎炎酷暑白雪纷飞，•除非天地相交聚合连接，•直到这样的事情全都发生时，•我才敢将对你的情意抛弃决绝！上邪！我欲与君相知，长命无绝衰。山无陵，江水为竭，冬雷震震，夏雨雪，天地合，乃敢与君绝！《敦煌曲子词•菩萨蛮》枕前发尽千般愿，要休切待青山烂，水面秤锤浮，直待黄河彻底枯。白日参辰见，北斗回南面，休即未能休，且待三更见日头。•InARed,RedRoseBurnsistellinguswhattheepitomeofloveistohim.Thesimilesheusesaremeanttoshowusthegrandnessoflove.Hecompareshislovetoaroseandtoamelody,showingusthatloveisbeautifulandprecious.Burnsalsoshowsushowloveisnotfleeting;thatifitreallyislove,itwillalwaysbetherenomatterhownearorfarthetwopeoplemaybefromeachother.•Summary:•whilestanza1is•anintroductionaboutherbeauty,•thenext3describehisloveforherfrom3dimensions:•depth,•length,•anddistance•Format(格式):•fourquatrains(four-linestanzas)withthefollowingcharacteristics•Rhyme(韵脚):•Ineachstanza,thesecondandfourthlinesendwithmasculinerhyme(阳韵),•Rhymealsooccursinarepeatedwordattheendofthefirstandthirdlinesofthethirdandfourthstanzas.•Meter(韵律)iambictetrameter•(四音步抑扬格）inlines1&3•iambicTrimeter(三音步抑扬格)•inlines2&4•“ARed,RedRose”beginswithaquatraincontainingtwosimiles.Burnscompareshislovewithaspringtimebloomingroseandthenwithasweetmelody.Thesearepopularpoeticimagesandthisisthestanzamostcommonlyquotedfromthepoem.•Thesecondandthirdstanzasbecomeincreasinglycomplex,endingwiththemetaphorofthe“sandsoflife,”orhourglass.Onetheonehandwearegiventheimageofhislovelastinguntiltheseasrundryandtherocksmeltwiththesun,wonderfullypoeticimages.OntheotherhandBurnsremindsusofthepassageoftimeandthechangesthatresult.Thatrecallsthefirststanzaanditsimageofaredrose,newlysprunginJune