Edmund-Spenser

TheElizabethanAge1558--beyondthe16thcenturydrama&poetryEdmundSpenser•Born:1552London,England•Graduatedfrom:CambridgeUniversity•Died:13January1599•Occupation:Poet•Works:TheShepheardesCalendar（1579）TheFaerieQueen(1590，1596）Prothalamium（1596）Amoretti（1595）TheFaerieQueen(仙后)•ThefirstepicinEnglishlanguage•OneofthelongestpoemsintheEnglishlanguage•Content•SpenserianstanzaSpenserianstanza1.GentleKnightwasprickingontheplaine,2.Ycladdinmightiearmesandsilvershielde,3.Whereinolddintsofdeepewoundsdidremaine,4.Thecurellmarkesofmanyabloudyfielde;5.Yetarmestillthattimedidheneverwield:6.Hisangrysteededidchidehisfomingbitt,7.Asmuchdisdayningtothecurbetoyield:8.Fulljollyknightheseemd,andfairedidsitt,9.Asoneforknightlygiustsandfierceencountersfitt.•例诗每节９行，前８行的韵律是抑扬格五音步，最後一行是抑扬格六音步，韵式为ababbcbcc。一些节奏的微妙变化也与诗意互有默契。如第一行第四音步是抑抑格，与後面的抑扬格相连，连续出现三个轻音节，故读得轻、快，与战马驰骋的文意相符。第五行第三音步和第八行第一音步都是扬扬格，前者强调这次是骑士首次出征，後者强调骑士愉快大方的外貌。第四行中间的扬抑格，表现惊奇和揄扬。