英文詩歌分析全文Lamb、tyger、rose

1、The lamb1 "The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake , published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. Like many ofBlake's works, the poem is about Christianity . The whole collection is pervaded with a breath of simplicity and fancy.Poetic structure1 rhyme scheme : AA BB CC DD AA AA EF GG FE AATh

2、e Lamb ” thwaos stanzas , each containing five rhymed couplets .2 The layout is set up by two stanzas with the refrain: "Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee"In the first stanza , the speaker wonders who the lamb's creator is; the answer lies at the end of the poem. H

3、ere we find a physical description of the lamb, seen as a pure and gentle creature. In the second stanza , the lamb is compared with the infant Jesus, as well as between the lamb and the speaker's soul. In the last two lines the speaker identifies the creator: God.Rhetorical devices1 The poem be

4、gins with thethe lamb about its origins:question,“ Little Lamb, who made theeThe spea”ker, a child, askshow it came into being, how it acquired its particular manner offeeding, itsclothing” of wool, itstender voice. ”2 In the next stanza, the speaker attempts a riddling answer to his own question: t

5、he lamb was made by one who “ calls himself a Lamb, one wh”o resembles in his gentleness both the child and the lamb.Repetition in the first and last couplet of each stanza makes these lines into a refrain, and helpss chant.to give the poem its song-like quality. The flowing soft vowel sounds contri

6、bute to this effect, and also suggest the bleating of a lamb or the lisping character of a childTheme1 The lamb is a common metaphor for Jesus Christ, who is also called the "The Lamb of God"2 Blake in the songs of innocence ，with childish life's point of view ， shows a full of love an

7、d kindness, compassion and happy world. The poem has just 20 lines, but depicts the character of gentleness vividly.3 The poet 'desscription about the lamb's kindness and gen, taleimnesstso express their feeling of life and nature, and the yearning for the universe and harmonious understandi

8、ng.4 He not only sings praise of gentle lamb, but also the mystical power that can create the lamb.Here the God, Jesus and the Lamb are just the one thing.The TygerTyger! |Tyger! |burning |brightIn the |forests |of the |night,What im| mortal| hand or| eyeCould |frame thy| fearful| symmetry？Analysis:

9、 In the this verse, the author compares the fierceness of a tiger to a burning presence in dark forests. He wonders what immortal power could create such a fearful beast.* Line 1 is an example of synecdoche（ 提喻 ）, a literary device used when a part represents the whole or the whole represents a part

10、. In line 1 "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright" alludes to the predator's eyes.In what |distant | deeps or |skiesBurnt the |fire of | thine eyes？On what| wings dare | he as |pireWhat the| hand, dare | seize the| fire ？Analysis: Here the poet compares the burning eyes of the tiger to distant

11、 fire that only someonewith wings could reach. The poet wonders where such a powerful fire could have comeAnd what | shoulder, | and what | art,Could | twist the | sinews | of thy | heartAnd when | thy heart | began to | beat,What dread | handand | what dread | feetAnalysis: In the third stanza we h

12、ave a metaphor giving us a vision a skillful and powerfulblacksmith creating the tiger's beating heart awakening a powerful beast.The phrase“.twist the sinews of thy heart" is also an allusion to a hardheartedness that a beastof prey must have towards the creatures it kills.What the Ihammer

13、 what the | chain?In what| furnace| was thy | brain?What the| anvil| what dread | graspDare its | deadly | terrors |clas p?Analysis: This verse continues the allusion to a creator, who, having made the fearsome beast,must confront with the sheer terror of a tiger's natureWhen the | stars threw |

14、 down their | spears,And water ' d hea | ven with | their tears,Did hesmile his | work to | see?Did hewho made | the Lamb | make theeAnalysis:In the fifth stanza,the author, with beautiful rhetoric (personification),describes amarvelous creation process likening starlight to a symbolic destructi

15、ve process.The author wonders whether the creator of the fierce and predatory tiger could make the docile,gentle lamb. He sees a conflict between the creation of heartless, burning predator and itspotential victim, the lamb.In theforests | of the | nightWhat immortal hand or eyeTyger!Tyger! | burnin

16、g | brightDareframe thy fearful symmetryAnalysis: The final verse is but a reprise, almost a chorus. It serves the purpose of repeating the wondrous question of the tiger's creation and gives the reader another chance to enjoy the rhetorical and already answered question, "What immortal han

17、d or eye"The answer lies in the reader's interpretation of creation: Did God create the fearsome along with the gentle Why does He allow the tiger to burn in the dark forest, while the lamb gambols in the glen under the stars of that very creation The author leaves it up to the reader to de

18、cide. The important thing is the question, not the answer.Background information : The Tyger" is a poem by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794. The Cambridge Companion toWilliam Blake (2003) calls it "the most anthologized

19、poem in English."解析題目： His choice of "tyger" has usually been interpreted as being for effect, perhaps to render an "exotic or alien quality of the beast", or because it's not really about a "tiger" at all, but a metaphor.The Meter : trochee tetrameter. (the po

20、em is in trochaic tetrameter)The poem is comprised of six quatrains (A quatrain is a four-line stanza) in rhymed couplets. TheRhyme Scheme： aa bb with a near rhyme (近似韻) ending the first and last stanzas, drawing attention to the tiger's "fearful symmetry."Rhetorical devices1 Repetitio

21、n of "Tyger" in line 1, "dare" in lines 7 & 8, "heart" in lines 10 & 11, "what" in lines12,13, & 15, "Did he" in lines 19-20, and several repeats in stanzas 1 & 2 establish the poem's nursery rhyme like rhythm.2 Alliteration in &q

22、uot;The Tyger" abounds and helps create a sing-song rhythm. Examples include the following: " burning b right" (1) "frame thy f earful (4) "distant d eeps" (5) "what w ings" (7) "began to beat" (11) "dare its deadly" (16) "he who"

23、 (20)3 Symbolism ：(1) the tiger represents the dangers of mortality; (powerful force with terror, mystery and violence eg: fearful symmetry, dread hand, obscure in symbolic meaning)(2) the fire imagery symbolizes trials(3) the forest of the night represents unknown realms or challenges;(4) the black

24、smith represents the Creator;(5) the fearful symmetry symbolizes the existence of both good and evil, the knowledge that there is opposition in all things, a rather fearful symmetry indeed.* SymbolsThe Lamb: GodDistant Deeps: HellThe Tiger: Evil (or Satan)Skies: Heaven4 Metaphor : Compare the tiger

25、' s eyes to fire.5 Anaphora : Repetition of what at the beginning of sentences or clauses. ( 首語重復(fù)法 )Example: What dread hand and what dread feet / What the hammer what the chainThemeThe poem is more about the creator of the tiger than it is about the tiger itself. The poet was at a loss to expla

26、in how the same God who made the lamb could make the tiger. So, the theme is: humans are incapable of fully understanding the mind of God and the mystery of his handiwork.COMPARISONbetween the lamb and the tyger1 "The Tyger" is the sister poem toThe Lamb" “ Songs of Innocence” , a ref

27、lection of similar ideasfrom a different perspective, but it focuses more on goodness than evil.2 Both are creation poems3 Structure of the “ The Lamb ” is more obviously singular when compared with the complexity ofThe Tiger, ” whose complexity is achieved through layered questions without answers,

28、 while theLamb poses a simple, singular question and then directly answers it.The sick roseO Rose, thou art sick.啊 玫瑰 你病了The invisible worm那看不見的蟲That flies in the night在夜里飛翔In the howling storm在呼嘯的暴風雨中Has found out thy bed發(fā)現(xiàn)了你深紅色快活的床Of crimson joy,And his dark secret love他黑色的秘戀Does thy life destroy.

29、摧毀了你我的生命Analysis rhyme scheme: abcb (2 quatrains or 2 stanzas) images: rose, worm, storm, bed 1 Line 1: The form of address"O rose" is called an apostrophe . The rose here could be a metaphor for love or passion 2 Line 2-3: "Invisible" might be a metaphor for the worm's quiet

30、 act of destruction.3 Line 4: The speaker mentions a "howling storm," which gives the poem a more ominous tone."Howling" reminds us of dogs or wolves; the sounds of those animals are here ametaphor forthe storm4 Line 5-6 : "Bed" might refer to a plot of ground in which

31、the rose is growing, which it's not aliteral bed with pillows, but a metaphor for the plot of ground. Or bed can refer to the rose'spetals, which is a place where insects rest or sleep. In addition, the worm manages to worm hisway into the rose's bed, which suggests some kind of sexual a

32、ct.5 Lines 7-8: The speaker describes how the worm "destroys" the rose with his "dark secret love."It is an example of personification , where human characteristics or emotions (love) are attributedto non-human things (namely the worm).The Rose The rose exists as a beautiful obje

33、ct that has become infected by a worm; also as aliterary rose, the conventional symbol of love. It symbolizes innocence, nature and evenpre-industrial England fall under this more encompassing category. The speaker opens byapostrophizing the rose, immediately setting a tone of despair that is intensified by the epithet ofsic