Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?PercyByssheShelley(1792-1822)珀西.比希.雪莱Briefintroduction•ShellywasoneofthemajorEnglishRomanticpoets.HewasbornAugust4,1792.TheeldestsonofTimothyandElizabethShelly,withonebrotherandfoursisters,hestoodinlinetonotonlyhisgrandfathersconsiderableestatebutalsoaseatinparliament.(雪莱是家里的长子,即可继承祖父一笔可观的财产,还可以获得一个议员的席位)HeattendedEtonCollege(伊顿公学)forsixyearsbeginningin•1804,andthenwenttoOxfordUniversity.•Whenhewas8,hestartedwritingpoetry.In1811,Shellywasexpelled(开除)fromthecollegeforpublishingTheNecessityOfAthesim(无神论的必然).Marrige•Fourmonthsafterbeingexpelled,the19-year-oldShellyeloped(私奔)toScotlandwiththe16-year-oldschoolgirlHarrietBrooktogetmarriedandspentthefollowingtwoyearstravelinginEnglandandIreland,distributingpamphletsandspeakingagainstpoliticalinjustice.In1813,Shellypublishedhisfirstimportantpoem,theatheisticQueenMab(麦布女王).Sadly,HarrietkilledherselfinWalesIn1816.•Secondwife:MaryShelly(1797-1851)In1814,hefellinlovewithagirlnamedMaryGodwinandeloped(私奔)withher.Maryisthedaughterofthephilosopherandanarchist(无政府主义者)WilliamGodwin(1756-1836).ShewasafamousBritishnovelist.Masterpiece:Frankenstein《弗兰肯斯坦》FriendshipwithByron•Shelleyspentthesummerof1816withLordByronatLakeGeneva,whereByronhadanaffairwithClaire.In1818theShelleysmovedtoItaly,whereByronwasresiding.Atthistime,Shellywrotehisfinestlyrics---•Thecloud•Theskylark•TheOdetotheWestWind•OnJuly8,1822,shortlybeforehisthirtiethbirthday,ShellywasdrownedinastormwhileattemptingtosailfromLeghorntoLaSpezia,Italy,inhisschooner,theDonJuan.Death•ShelleyisperhapsbestknownforsuchclassicpoemsasOdetotheWestWind,ToaSkylark,Music,WhenSoftVoicesDie,TheCloudandTheMasqueofAnarchy.Hisothermajorworksincludelong,visionary(空想的)poemssuchasQueenMab(laterreworkedasTheDaemonoftheWorld),Alastor,TheRevoltofIslam,TheTriumphofLife;andthevisionaryversedramasTheCenci(1819)andPrometheusUnbound解放了的普罗米修斯(1820).Works爱尔兰人之歌(TheIrishman`sSong,1809)•战争(War,1810)•魔鬼出行(TheDevil`sWalk,1812)•麦布女王(QueenMab,1813)•一个共和主义者有感于波拿巴的倾覆(FeelingsOfARepublicanOnTheFallOfBonaparte,1816)•伊斯兰的反叛(TheRevoltofIslam,1818)•西风颂(OdeToTheWestWind,1819)•饥饿的母亲(AStarvingMother,1819)•致云雀(ToASkylark,1820)•自由颂(OdeToLiberty,1820)•解放的普罗米修斯(PrometheusUnbound,1820)•一盏破碎的明灯(Lines,1822)comments•ShellyandByronarejustregardedasthetwogreatpoetsoftherevolutionaryromanticisminEngland.•Byron,hisbestfriend,regardedhimas”thebestandleastselfishmanIeverknow.”•Wordsworth(华兹华斯)said,”heisthebestartistofusall.”•马克思这样评价雪莱“本质上是一个革命家,他会永远是革命先锋队的一员。”恩格斯将他誉为“天才的预言家”。OdetotheWestWind西风颂OdetotheWestWindThepoemwaswrittenin1819whenEuropeanworker'smovementandtherevolutionweregoingon.Britishworkingclassfoughtwiththebourgeoisiefortheirrighttomakealiving.《西风颂》雪莱“三大颂”诗歌中的一首,写于1819年。当时,欧洲各国的工人运动和革命运动风起云涌。英国工人阶级为了争取自身的生存权利,正同资产阶级展开英勇的斗争,捣毁机器和罢工事件接连不断。TheanalysisofOdetothewestwind•Therearefivestanzas(五节)inthepoem.•Thefirststanza:“breath”todescribethewindscattersthedeadleavesandspreadsseeds.(西方吹散落叶,撒播种子,它是“destoyerandpreserver”)•Thesecondandthirdstanzas:howthewestwindconquers(征服)theseaandthesky.•Thelasttwostanzas:tobecomethewind.Givecouragetomanyrevolutionaries(革命者)facedwithreverses,evendeath(面对失败甚至死亡).Thewestwindspirittobreaktheoldworldandcreatesanewworld.(打破旧世界,创造新世界)Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?OdetotheWestWind西风颂(selection4、5)•IfIwereadeadleafthoumightestbear;•IfIwereaswiftcloudtoflywiththee;•Awavetopantbeneaththypower,andshare•Theimpulseofthystrength,onlylessfree•Thanthou,Ouncontrollable!Ifeven•Iwereasinmyboyhood,andcouldbe•ThecomradeofthywanderingsoverHeaven,•Asthen,whentooutstripthyskieyspeed•Scarceseem'davision;Iwouldne'erhavestriven•Asthuswiththeeinprayerinmysoreneed.•Oh,liftmeasawave,aleaf,acloud!•Ifalluponthethornsoflife!Ibleed!•Aheavyweightofhourshaschain'dandbow'd•Onetoolikethee:tameless,andswift,andproud.•Makemethylyre,evenastheforestis:•Whatifmyleavesarefallinglikeitsown!•Thetumultofthymightyharmonies•Willtakefrombothadeep,autumnaltone,•Sweetthoughinsadness.Bethou,Spiritfierce,•Myspirit!Bethoume,impetuousone!•DrivemydeadthoughtsovertheuniverseLikewither'dleavestoquickenanewbirth!And,bytheincantationofthisverse,Scatter,asfromanunextinguish'dhearthAshesandsparks,mywordsamongmankind!Bethroughmylipstounawaken'dearthThetrumpetofaprophecy!OhWind,IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?OdetotheWestWindshowsusthatrebirthissomethingthatcanbefulfilledthroughspiritualgrowing.Weshouldlearntthewestwindspiritthatneverbedefeatedandbehopefuleveryday.Reflection