1.ARed,RedRoseRobertBurns1)总分析itisaverypopularpoemforhisbeautifulwordsandsound,usingmanykeypoeticdevicestodescribehiseternalandpassionatelove.Hedescribeshispassionandemotionusingalotofimagery,symbolism,rhyme,andrepetitionwhichappealstothesensesincludingtheheart2)Theme:Thespeakerlovestheyoungladybeyondmeasurethroughvividsimilesandhyperboliccomparisons.Love:—expressspeaker'spowerful,undyinglove-islasting,real,awesomelyawesome.Nature:Rocks,seas,sand,roses—manynature.Time:ARed,RedRosehastimeonitsside.3)Structure:a)Stanza1:comparehissweetheartasaredroseandsweetmusic.b)Stanza2-3:swearthathewillloveherforever,andassurethathewillneverchangehisheart.c)Stanza4:assurehisloverthathewillleaveforashorttimebutwillcomebacknomatterhowfaritis.4)Form:ScottishFolklore,shortlines,strongrhythm.Thefirstandthirdlineshave8syllablesandthesecondandfourthlineshave6syllableinthefirsttwostanzasand7syllablesinthesecondtwostanzas.Rhymingabab.Usesimiletoexpressthestrongaffectionwhichcannotbecontrolled.Anduserepetitiontointensifyhisemotion.5)Meter:Thisone'saclassic,soit'snowonderitusessomeofthemostclassicformsinallofpoetryandmusic.ARed,RedRoseiswrittenpartlyinballadmeter(thefirsteightlines)andpartlyincommonmeter(thelasteightlines).Italternatesbetweeniambictetrameterintheodd-numberedlinesandiambictrimeterintheeven-numberedones.Alineofiambictetrameterconsistsoffour(tetra-)iambs,afootthatcontainsanunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedsyllable.Line5isagreatexample:Asfairartthou,mybonn-ielass.Iambictrimeter,asyoumighthavealreadyguessed,isthesameasiambictetrameter,excepttherearethree(tri-)iambsinsteadoffour,asinline2:That'snew-lysprunginJune.Butline10,Ithassevensyllables,whenitshouldhavesix.Let'sassumetheline'sfirstfootisnotaniambbutananapest.Ifwescanthelineinthefollowingway,wehavealineofneat,flowingtrimeter:Andtherocksmeltwi'thesun.2.IWonderedLonelyasACloudWilliamWordsworth1)Theme:Nature'sbeautyupliftsthehumanspirit.Lines15,23,and24specificallyrefertothistheme;Peoplesometimesfailtoappreciatenature'swondersastheygoabouttheirdailyroutines.Lines17and18suggestthistheme;Naturethrivesunattended.Thedaffodilsproliferateinsplendoralongtheshoreofthelakewithouttheneedforhumanattention.2)Genre:Lyricpoem3)RhymeSkill:ababcc,efefgg,hihikk,lmlmnnRhetoric(修辞):Simile明喻,personification拟人,hyperbole夸张,alliteration头韵。4)Structure:MeterofthepoemisinIambicTetrameter:eachlineshasfouriambs(unaccentedsyllable/accentedsyllable)fourstanzas,eachincluding6lines:Summary,Stanza1:Wanderinglikeacloud,thespeakerhappensupondaffodilsflutteringinabreezeontheshoreofalake,beneathtrees.Daffodilsareplantsinthelilyfamilywithyellowflowersandacrownshapedlikeatrumpet.Clickheretoseeimagesofdaffodils.Summary,Stanza2Thedaffodilsstretchallalongtheshore.Becausetherearesomanyofthem,theyremindthespeakeroftheMilkyWay,thegalaxythatscientistssaycontainsaboutonetrillionstars,includingthesun.Thespeakerhumanizesthedaffodilswhenhesaystheyareengaginginadance.Summary,Stanza3Intheirgleefulflutteringanddancing,thedaffodilsoutdotheripplingwavesofthelake.Butthepoetdoesnotatthismomentfullyappreciatethehappysightbeforehim.Inthelastlineofthestanza,Wordsworthusesanastrophe,writingtheshowtomehadbroughtinsteadoftheshowbroughttome.Anastropheisaninversionofthenormalwordorder.Summary,Stanza4Notuntilthepoetlatermusesaboutwhathesawdoeshefullyappreciatethecheerfulsightofthedancingdaffodils.Wordsworthagainusesanastrophe,writingwhenonmycouchIlieandmyheartwithpleasurefills.3.Break,break,breakAlfredTennyson1)Themes:death,sadness,time,languageandcommunicationBreak,Break,BreakisanelegybyAlfredLordTennysononthedeathofhisfriendArthurHallam.Theauthorimaginestobestandingnearthecliffontheseashoreandaddressingtotheseawaveswhicharelashingtherocksrepeatedly.Thepoetfindsananalogyandexpressesitimplicitly.2)总体分析Thepoemisremarkableforthesoundsymbolisminit.Therefrain“Break,Break,Break”thatconsistsofonewordrepeatedthriceparallelsthewavesthatrepeatedlybeatthecliffs.Syntactically(structureofsentence)thelineisabrokensentence.Economicallyempathic,theideaisfurtherreinforcedbythenatureoftheverysoundthewordismadeof.Thesentenceofb-r-kmakesacrackingsound;‘b’explodes;‘r’isharshand‘k’stopsbeforethepauseofcomma,‘gray’,‘stone’,‘utter’,‘crag’,‘dead’andeven‘tender’(ironically)reiteratethesameplosive,harshandheavysounds.Theygotogetherwiththeideasofgriefandthewishofbreakingwherevertheyoccur.Wecanalsodrawaneatdistinctionofthesefeatureswiththeabsenceofsuchsoundsinthesecondandthirdstanza,whichdrawapictureofcarefreechildren’slifeandtheships.Ahugepartoftheeffectofthispoemisduetotherhythmofthewordsandtherhyme,andquatrainsinirregulariambictetrameterisjustthefancywayofdescribingthatrhythm.Thepoemiswritteninfourstanzasoffourlineseach:thefirstfourandthelastsixareaboutgrief,andthethirdstanzafallsshortofgivinghappylife.Aquatrainisafour-linestanza.Thispoemisbrokenintofourstanzas,eachwithfourlines.It'sawfullysymmetrical.Eachquatraincanbebrokendownfurtheraccordingtoitsrhymescheme:therhymeisaregularABCB–thesecondandfourthlinesalwaysrhyme.4.BecauseICouldNotforDeathEmilyDickins