诗歌赏析-1

PoetryinEnglish:Reading&CreativeWriting(1)UnitOne:PoeticImageryWarming-upActivity:Havingexperiencedthissummer’sstiflingheat,howdoyoufeel?Canyouwriteafewlinestodescribeyoursensation?Orcreateawordpicturetoexpressthatsensation?摄影者镜头中的炎热漫画家笔下的炎热与干涸儿童表达的炎热画家笔下的炎热vanGogh,“麦田与收割者”vanGogh“有乌鸦的麦田”Howdoesapoetexpresshisorhersensationof“heat”?HeatbyHildaDolittle(H.D.)(1886–1961)OWIND,rendopentheheat,Cutaparttheheat,Rendittotatters.FruitcannotdropThroughthisthickair—FruitcannotfallintoheatThatpressesupandbluntsThepointsofpearsAndroundsthegrapes.Cuttheheat—Ploughthroughit,TurningitoneithersideOfyourpath.Whatisthepictureinyourmind?Yourmind’spicture–Image(Imagery)SilentIascendalonetheWesternTower,Themoonislikeahook.Thedesolateparasolshadedinnercourtyardlocksinthelucidautumn.Snipped,itbreaksnot.Unraveled,itentwinesagain.Itisthesorrowofseparation,Nottheusualsortofflavortotheheart.Guesswhowroteit?无言独上西楼【南唐】李煜无言独上西楼，月如钩。寂寞梧桐深院锁清秋。剪不断，理还乱，是离愁，别有一番滋味在心头。诗乃有声之画；画乃无声之诗DavidTenierstheYounger,“FlemishKermess”PeasantsMerry-makingTheDanceWilliamCarlosWilliams(1883-1963)InBreughel’sgreatpicture,TheKermess,thedancersgoround,theygoroundandaround,thesquealandtheblareandthetweedleofbagpipes,abugleandfiddlestippingtheirbellies(roundasthethick-sidedglasseswhosewashtheyimpound)theirhipsandtheirbelliesoffbalancetoturnthem.KickingandrollingabouttheFairGrounds,swingingtheirbutts,thoseshanksmustbesoundtobearupundersuchrollickingmeasures,pranceastheydanceinBreughel’sgreatpicture,TheKermess.TheDarklingThrushThomasHardy(1840-1928)ThomasHardy,1840-1928，greatpoetandnovelistIleantuponacoppicegateWhenFrostwasspectre-gray,AndWinter’sdregsmadedesolateTheweakeningeyeofday.Thetangledbine-stemsscoredtheskyLikestringsofbrokenlyres,AndallmankindthathauntednighHadsoughttheirhouseholdfires.Theland’ssharpfeaturesseemedtobeTheCentury’scorpseoutleant,Hiscryptthecloudycanopy,Thewindhisdeath-lament.TheancientpulseofgermandbirthWasshrunkenhardanddry,AndeveryspirituponearthSeemedfervourlessasI.AtonceavoicearoseamongThebleaktwigsoverheadInafull-heartedevensongOfjoyillimited;Anagedthrush,frail,gaunt,andsmall,Inblast-beruffledplume,HadchosenthustoflinghissoulUponthegrowinggloom.SolittlecauseforcarolingsOfsuchecstaticsoundWaswrittenonterrestrialthingsAfarornigharound,ThatIcouldthinktheretrembledthroughHishappygood-nightairSomeblessedHope,whereofheknewAndIwasunaware.Whowrotethis?Driedvines,anoldtree,eveningcrows;Asmallbridge,flowingwater,atinycottage;Anancientroad,westwind,aleanhorse;Sunslantswest–Aheart-tornwandereratsky’send.PoeticImageryDefinition:amind’spicture,asaresultofthepoet’sassociationofwhathesensesandwhatheremembers.Pureimagery:visual(brightness,clarity,color,motion),auditory(hearing),olfactory(smelling),gustatory(taste),tactile(touch,heat,cold,texture),organic(awarenessofheartbeat,pulse,breathing,digestion),kinesthetic(awarenessofmuscletension,movement)Figurativeimagery:Symbolicimagery:Sound(auditory)imagesThefairbreezeblew,thewhitefoamflew,Thefurrowfollowedfree,WewerethefirstthateverburstIntothatsilentsea.SamuelTaylorColeridge,“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”诗人用头韵/b/（breezeblew）来形容风在鼓动，用头韵/f/（furrowfollowedfree）来再现快船驶过、风生水起的意象。Sight(visual)imagesAbovethequietdockinmidnight,Tangledinthetallmast’scordedheight,Hangsthemoon.WhatseemedsofarawayIsbutachild’sballoon,forgottenafterplay.T.E.Hulme,“AbovetheDock”KinestheticimagesWhirlup,sea–Whirlyourpointedpines,SplashyourgreatpinesOnourrocksHurlyourgreenoverus,Coveruswithyourpooloffir.H.D.,“Oread”KinestheticimagesThewhitebodyoftheeveningIstornintoscarlet,SlashedandgougedandsearedIntocrimson,AndhungironicallyWithgarlandsofmist.RichardAldington,“Sunset”FigurativeimagesLetusgo,youandI,WhentheeveningisspreadoutagainstskyLikeapatientetherizeduponatable.T.S.Eliot,“TheLoveSongofAlfredProfruck”ExercisesReadJohnKeats’poem“ToAutumn”andcommentonhisuseofimagery.PresentyourcommentstoclassusingPPTnexttime.Questionsandcommentsarewelcome