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IDiedforBeauty—ButWasScarce-----1028010014雪雯-----1028010009初初Thepoet:EmilyDickinsonBriefIntroductiononTheAuthor•EmilyDickinsonwasborninAmherst,asmalltowninthestateofMassachusetts,onDecember10th,1830.•Shewasborntoanextremelyreligious,puritanicalfamily.•ShewaseducatedatAmherstAcademyandMountHolyokeFemaleSeminaryinSouthHadley,Mssechusetts.•Didn’tgetmarried.IDiedforBeauty,butwasScarceByEmilyDickinsonFormThispoemfollowsmanyofDickinson’stypicalformalpatterns—theABCBrhymescheme,therhythmic[ˈrɪðmɪk]useofthedashtointerrupttheflow—buthasamoreregularmeter,sothatthefirstandthirdlinesineachstanzaareiambictetrameter[tɛˈtræmɪtɚ]四音步句,whilethesecondandfourthlinesareiambictrimeter三音步,creatingafour-three-four-threestresspatternineachstanza.Voice•Beautyandtrutharecloselyrelated.Structure•Stanza1:Idiedforbeauty;amandiedfortruthlaidinatombnexttome.•Stanza2:Beautyandtrutharethesame,sowewerebrothers.•Stanza3:Deathdissolvedouridentity.Bothspeakersdieforeitherbeautyortruth.Theprimarymeaningofforisinthecauseof.Ithasasecondarymeaning,whichistoachieveortohaveasagoal.Whichmeaningisappropriatehere,orcanbothbemeant?AnalysisDickinsonassociatesbeautyandtruthinthispoem.Thespeakers'deathsaredescribedinparallellanguage;theyareburiedinadjoiningroomsandarebrethrenandkinsmen.Thesedescriptionsalsomakeclearthattheyarenotidentical;otherwisetheywouldbeburiedinthesameroomandbetwins.analysisTheendingissubtlypreparedforwiththequestionwhyIfailed?Thecrucialwordisfailed,ratherthandied.Theirdeathsandanyhopesofsucceedingintheirgoalsarefutile.Themosscoverstheirlipsandtheirnamesonthegravemarker;deathhasendedallcommunicationandeffectiveness.WiththisimageDickinsonshowsthepowerlessnessofthehumanconditionandtherelentlessindifferenceofnaturetohumanbeings,whoareobliteratedatdeath.Thespeakersarenevernamed;theyareanonymous.Isitironicthattheonlylifeinthepoemisthemoss?analysisIdiedforBeauty,butwasscarceAdjustedintheTomb,WhenOnewhodiedforTruth,waslainInanadjoiningRoom.HequestionedsoftlywhyIfailed?ForBeauty,Ireplied.AndIforTruth,-theTwoareOne;WeBrethrenare,hesaid.Andso,asKinsmenmetaNight,WetalkedbetweentheRooms,UntiltheMosshadreachedourlips,Andcoveredupournames.殉美我为美死去，但是还不曾安息在我的墓里，又有个为真理而死去的人来躺在我的隔壁。他柔声问我为何以身殉？“为了美，”我说。“而我为真理，两者是一体；我们两是兄弟。”他说。于是像亲戚在夜间相遇，我们便隔墙谈天，直到青苔爬到了唇际，将我们的名字遮掩。IDiedforBeauty,butwasScarceByEmilyDickinsonIDiedforBeauty,butwasScarce《殉美》ByEmilyDickinsonIdiedforBeauty---butwasscarceAdjustedinthetombWhenOnewhodiedforTruth,waslainInanadjoiningRoom---来躺在我的隔壁。我为美死去，但是还不曾安息在我的墓里，又有个为真理而死去的人neighboring,next-doorIDiedforBeauty,butwasScarce《殉美》ByEmilyDickinson我们俩是兄弟，他说。他柔声问我为何以身殉？“为了美，我说——“而我为真理，两者是一体——Hequestionedsoftly‘‘WhyIfailed’’?ForBeauty,Ireplied---AndI---forTruth---ThemselfareOne---WeBrethren,are,hesaid---Wearebrothers.Andso,asKinsmen,metanight---WetalkedbetweentheRooms---UntiltheMosshadreachedourlips---Andcoveredup---ournames---IDiedforBeauty,butwasScarce《殉美》ByEmilyDickinson将我们的名字遮掩。于是像亲戚在夜间相遇，我们便隔墙谈天，直到青苔爬到了唇际，relativeThankyou!