爱伦坡sonnet-to-science的PPT

Sonnet:ToScienceByEdgarAllanPoeAPresentationbyNeetaDixit(RollNo.06D02016)AboutthePoet•EdgarAllanPoe(1809–1849)wasanAmericanpoet,short-storywriter,editorandliterarycritic,andisconsideredpartoftheAmericanRomanticMovement.•Romanticismisacomplexartistic,literary,andintellectualmovementthatoriginatedinthesecondhalfofthe18thcenturyinWesternEurope,andgainedstrengthduringtheIndustrialRevolution.ItwaspartlyarevoltagainstaristocraticsocialandpoliticalnormsoftheAgeofEnlightenmentandareactionagainstthescientificrationalizationofnature,andwasembodiedmoststronglyinthevisualarts,music,andliterature.Sonnet:ToScienceScience!truedaughterofOldTimethouart!Whoalterestallthingswiththypeeringeyes.Whypreyestthouthusuponthepoet'sheart,Vulture,whosewingsaredullrealities?Howshouldhelovethee?orhowdeemtheewise?WhowouldstnotleavehiminhiswanderingToseekfortreasureinthejewelledskies,Albeithesoaredwithanundauntedwing?HastthounotdraggedDianafromhercar?AnddriventheHamadryadfromthewoodToseekashelterinsomehappierstar?HastthounottorntheNaiadfromherflood,TheElfinfromthegreengrass,andfrommeThesummerdreambeneaththetamarindtree?Firstpublishedin1829,itwaswrittenwhilePoewasintheArmy.ThisisconsideredthebestofhisearlypoemswrittenintheArmy.ItissymbolicofanimportanttransformationinPoe'sstyleandattitude.It'ssonnetformshowsPoe'spoeticmaturityanddiscipline.ThesubjectmatterrevealsthatPoewasenteringtheworldofscience,whichhewouldlatermaster.Before,hiseducationandattentionhadbeeninclassicsandhistory.ImportanceoftheworkSonnet:ThetermsonnetderivesfromtheProvencalwordsonetandtheItalianwordsonetto,bothmeaninglittlesong.Asonnetnowisapoemoffourteenlinesthatfollowsastrictrhymeschemeandspecificstructure.Theconventionsassociatedwiththesonnethavehoweverevolvedoveritshistory.FollowingthetraditionoftheEnglishsonnet,thispoemcontainsthreequatrainsandaconcludingcouplet.Thefirstquatrain,condemnsScienceasa“truedaughterofOldTime”andasa“Vulture”that“preyest...uponthepoet’sheart”Thesecondquatrain,posesrhetoricalquestionsaskinghowapoetcouldlike,respect,orjoinScience.StructureThethirdquatrain,accusesScienceofspoilingsomebeautifulmyths,suchasthatofDianaandtheHamadryad.Finally,theconcludingcoupletrevealsthereasonforthepersona’slament;here,withthepoem’sonlyfirst-personpronoun,thepersonafocusesattentiononhimself,accusingScienceofdeprivinghimofhisreverie.StructureThemeUnderthetraditionalShakespeareansonnetstructure,Poeexpressesnontraditionalaccusationsofscience.Itisspokenthroughthevisionofapassionatemanmourningtheslaughterofmythology,fantasy,artbyitsallegedarchenemy,Science.Scienceisportrayedasevilandwordslikepreyest,Vulture,andtornareusedtodescribescience'simpactonmankind.Poedoesnotseescienceandscientificdevelopmentasagoodthing,ratherhefeelsthatsciencealterestallthingswiththypeeringeyes.ThisvisionofsciencegrowsstrongerandappearsinvirtuallyallofPoe'slatertalesandstories.HeimploresScienceastowhy“she”mustimposeher“dullrealities”ontheheartsofpoetslikehimself,squelchingtheirwanderingminds.Hequestionsthedesertionofimaginationbytheobjectiveforceofscience.Heisinclinedtoavoidlogicinhisargument,althoughtheclassicsonnetstructureimplieshisownattempttorationalizehisownthoughts.Perhapsthestructurecontrastedwithsuchfeelingsfurtherinsinuateshumanity'sparadoxicalneedfororganizationineveryfieldofthought.ThemeMeaningsandReferences•Science=daughterofOldTime=vulture=thetheeofHowshouldhelovethee?=thewhoofWhowouldstnotleavehiminhiswandering.•Poet=heofHowshouldhelovethee?•“Science!truedaughterofOldTimethouart!Whoalterestallthingswiththypeeringeyes.Whypreyestthouthusuponthepoet'sheart,Vulture,whosewingsaredullrealities?“Hecallsscience,atruedaughterofOldTimewhochangesallthingsbylookingatthemwithpeeringeyesandinflictsemotionaldamageuponthevulnerablepoetandavulture,focusedondullreality.HerePoecomparessciencetoa“truedaughterofOldTime”anda“Vulture.”Bothcomparisonshelpmakeacaseagainstscienceandcastitinanegativelight.Thereferencetotimeremindsthereaderofdeathanddecay,bothofwhichcomewithtime.Withouttime,afterall,therewouldbenoreasontoworryaboutdeadlinesandresponsibilities,andonecoulddevoteoneselfcompletelytoreverie.Thereferencetoavulture,similarly,conjuresuptheconnotationsofdeathanddecaywhilecompletingtheimageinthepreviouslineofsciencedevouringtheheartofthepoet.•“Howshouldhelovethee?orhowdeemtheewise?WhowouldstnotleavehiminhiswanderingToseekfortreasureinthejewelledskies,Albeithesoaredwithanundauntedwing?”HequestionsthatwhyshouldapoetloveScienceandthereasonwhyheshouldthinkofitaswisewhenitdoesnotpermithimtoindulgeinimagination,eventhoughhe,thepoet,perseveresitwithundauntedcourage.Thisimageofthepoorbravepoetwithhisheartbeingpreyeduponasheissimplytryingtoenjoythebeautyofthestarspresentsavictimizedcharactertothereader.InRomanmythology,Dianawasthehuntinggoddess,andanemblemofchastity.HerecarindicatesDiana’schariot.Nowsciencehasvanquishedthehunt,leavingDianaaimlessandlost.“HastthounotdraggedDianafromhercar?”•“AnddriventheHamadryadfromthewoodToseekashelterinsomehappierstar?”Hamadryad:Greek&RomanMythology-Awoodnymphwholivesonlyas