Robert-Lee-Frost羅伯特弗羅斯特簡介

Robertleefrost羅伯特?李?弗羅斯特(1874~1963)LifeBorninSanFrancisco,California,wasofNewEnglandparentage.Whenhewasten,hisfatherdiedandhismothertookhimbacktoMassachusetts.

In1894hesoldhisfirstpoem,“MyButterfly:AnElegy”(20)

HemarriedElinorMiriamWhiteatLawrence,MassachusettsonDecember19,1895.(21)Heenteredcollegetwice,DartmouthandHarvard.FroststudiedatHarvardfortwoyears(1897~1899),butleftwithoutreceivingadegreeduetofamilyproblemsandpoorhealth.

Robert'sgrandfatherpurchased

afarm

forRobertandElinorinNewHampshire,andRobertworkedthefarmfornineyears,whileproducingmanyofthepoemsthatwouldlaterbecomefamous.In1912FrosttookhisandfouryoungchildrentoEngland,wherehepublishedhisfirstbookofpoems,“ABoy’sWill”《少年的意志》(1913),whichimmediatelywonhimarecognitionhehadnotfoundinAmerica.(39)Hemadesomeimportantacquaintancesthere.Afterthathepublished“NorthofBoston”《波士頓以北》，whichwashighlypraisedbyBritishcritics.AsWorldWarIbegan,FrostreturnedtoAmericain1915andboughtafarminFranconia,NewHampshire,wherehelaunchedacareerofwriting,teaching,andlecturing.(41)SomefamouspoemsTheRoadNotTaken《未選擇的路》StoppingByWoodsonaSnowyEvening《雪夜林邊駐腳》FireandIce《火與冰》MendingWall《補墻》NothingGoldCanStay《美景易逝》TheBirches《白樺樹》TheBooksofPoetryNewHampshire《新罕布什爾》CollectedPoems《詩歌精選》AFurtherRange《又一片牧場》AWitnessTree《見證樹》CharactersofhispoemsFrost’spoemsshowdeepappreciationofnaturalworldandsensibilityaboutthehumanaspirations.

Alltheimages(woods,stars,houses)heusesreflectthepoet’slovefornatureandlife,hissadexperienceinlifeandtheinfluencereligionexerteduponwesternpeople’sdailylife.

Heisapoetofprofoundsimplicity(樸素).Hedidnotwritefreeversebutinthetraditionalmetrical(韻律的)forms---rhymedstanzasandblankverse.Heusedtheoldformsinanewway.Hispoeticlanguagewasplain,clearlyconveyingafeelinginharmonywithnature.Heseemeduniversallycalmandcontrolled,standinginthemiddleoftheroadviewinggoodandevil,beautifulandugly.Inhisview,apoem“beginsindelightandendsinwisdom”.詩要“興于喜悅，而終于徹悟”AchievementsIn1930hewaselectedtotheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.In1958hewaspoetryconsultantfortheLibraryofCongressFrostwasawardedthePulitzer(普利策獎)fourtimesandreceivedhonorarydegrees(名譽學位)from44collegesanduniversities.In1961hewasinvitedtoreadhispoetryattheinauguration(就職典禮)ofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.”TheGiftOutright”《全才》AtthetimeofhisdeathonJanuary29,1963,Frostwasconsideredasakindofunofficialpoetlaureate(桂冠詩人)oftheUS.Ihadalover’squarrelwiththeworld.我和這個世界有過情人般的爭吵。Togetherwingtowing,andoartooar.在天比翼，在地同舟。

雪夜林邊駐腳想來我認識這座森林，

林主的莊宅就在鄰村,

卻不會見我在此駐馬，

看他林中積雪的美景。我的小馬一定頗驚訝：

四望不見有什么農(nóng)家，

偏是一年最暗的黃昏，

寒林和冰湖之間停下。它搖一搖身上的串鈴，

問我這地方該不該停。

此外只有輕風拂雪片，

再也聽不見其他聲音。森林又暗又深真可羨，

但我還要守一些諾言，

還要趕多少路才安眠，

還要趕多少路才安眠StoppingByWoodsonaSnowyEveningWhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow,

Hishouseisinthevillagethough.

Hewillnotseemestoppinghere,

Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.

Mylittlehorsemustthinkitqueer,

Tostopwithoutafarmhousenear,

Betweenthewoodsandfrozenlake,

Thedarkesteveningoftheyear.

Hegiveshisharnessbellsashake,

Toaskifthereissomemistake.

Theonlyothersound‘stheswe