17-The-Wild-Swans-At-Coole

TheWildSwansAtCooleWilliamButlerYeats（1865-1939）Thetreesareintheirautumnbeauty，9aThewoodlandpathsaredry，6bUndertheOctobertwilightthewater11cMirrorastillsky；5bUponthebrimmingwateramongthestones10dArenine-and-fiftyswans.6dThenineteenthautumnhascomeuponme10aSinceIfirstmademycount；6bIsaw，beforeIhadwellfinished，8cAllsuddenlymount5bAndscatterwheelingingreatbrokenrings10dUpontheirclamorouswings.7dIhavelookeduponthosebrilliantcreatures，10aAndnowmyheartissore.6bAll'schangedsinceI，hearingattwilight，9cThefirsttimeonthisshore，6bThebell-beatoftheirwingsabovemyhead，10dTrodwithalightertread.6dUnweariedstill，loverbylover，9aTheypaddleinthecold6bCompanionablestreamsorclimbtheair；9cTheirheartshavenotgrownold；6bPassionorconquest，wanderwheretheywill，10dAttenduponthemstill.6dButnowtheydriftonthestillwater，9aMysterious，beautiful；6bAmongwhatrusheswilltheybuild，7cBywhatlake'sedgeorpool6bDelightmen'seyeswhenIawakesomeday10dTofindtheyhaveflownaway？6dI.Aboutthepoem1.1.Brief,relevanthistoryofpoemandpoetWilliamButlerYeatswasanIrishpoet,dramatist,mysticandoneoftheforemostfiguresof20thcenturyliterature.HeservedasanIrishSenatorinthe1920s.HewasbestknownforhispoemTheWindAmongtheReed,TheTower(1928),TheWindingStair(1929),andSailingtoByzantium.Atfirst,Yeats’sliteraturestyleisaffectedbymysteryandromantic.Butlater,hispoetrygrewmorephysicalandrealistic.YeatswasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteraturein1923.1.2.ParsethepoemItisabeautifulautumn.DuringtheOctobertwilight,thereare59swansgatheringamongthestonesinthelakeofCoole.Ithasbeen19yearssinceIfirstcountedtheamountofswans.IstillremembertheswansmountbeforeIcanfinishmycount.EverythinghaschangedalotsinceIfirstenjoyedthewonderfulviewofthescene,whichcausesmysorrow.Theswans'heartshaven'tgrownoldsincetheyalwayscarrypassionwherevertheygo.Nowtheyaredriftingonthelakewithamysteryandbeautifulgesture.Ican’thelptowonderwheretheywillgotodelightmen'seyesaftertheyflyaway.II.Form2.1Meter,rhymescheme,stressThispoemisametricalpoetry.Thispoemcontainsthirtylinesofiambicdimeterrimedabcbdd.Thispoeminfivesectionsconsistingofsixlineseach.Meter:9,6,11,5,10,610,6,8,5,10,710,6,9,6,10,69,6,9,6,10,69,6,7,6,10,6Rhymescheme:abcbddStress:IambicdimeterThetrees│areintheir│autumn│beauty，4Thewoodland│paths│aredry，3Under│theOctober│twilight│thewater4Mirror│astill│sky；3Upon│thebrimming│water│among│thestones5Are│nine-and-fifty│swans.32.2SpecialcharacteristicsTheCooleandtheswanarethespecialcharacteristicsinthispoem.TheformerassimilatestothelifejourneyandthefriendshipbetweenYeatsandLadyGregory.ThelaterassimilatestoYeats’dream,thinkingandworks.Themostsignificantoneistheswan.Yeatshadwrittenmanypoemsaboutswanandhelovesthischaracteristictoexpresshisviewoftheworld.III.Content:3.1ThemeThethemeofTheWildSwansatCooleismainlyabouttheprocessthatthepoetwasthinkinghowtoseekbeauty,aneternalizedquality,astheworldcareensandchangesaroundhim.Eventually,thepoethasfoundtheanswerwhichishisowncontingentexperienceandhisworkswillliveonlongafterhim.Justasonedayhisswanswillhaveflownawayfromhim,yettheywilldelighttheeyesofothermen.3.2EvaluationThepoettalksabouttwilight,October,autumn—allthingsassociatedwiththeendorlatterpartofthings.It'sprettyclearthatthepoethasenteredoldageonhismind.Heisintheautumnofhislife,atimewhenmanisforcedtoreckonwhatfruitsaretobeharvestedfromtheseedshislifehassown.Astimewentby,hehasseenlotsofthingschange,andhaslosthisinnocenceinawayeither,buthestillwantstomakebeautyaneternalqualityandbecomeapartofhimasthechangesaroundhim.Whenherealizedthattheswanswillflyawaytodelightothers’eyes,hefoundoutthathecanalsobecomeeternalthroughhisexperienceandworksafterhe’snolongerenergeticandyouthful.