Session-14-(1)-Robert-Frost

(1874-1963)RobertFrost罗伯特·弗罗斯特PulitzerPrizeWinner1923,1930,1936,1942RobertLeeFrost(1874-1963)drewhisimagesfromtheNewEnglandcountrysideandhislanguagefromNewEnglandspeech.Inbeingbothtraditionalandskeptical,Frost’spoetryhelpedprovidealinkbetweentheAmericanpoetryofthe19thcenturyandthatofthe20thcenturySomefamouspoems“TheRoadNotTaken”(1916)“StoppingbyWoods”(1923)“Fire&Ice”(1923)“NothingGoldCanStay”(1923)HonorsPulitzerPrizeWinnerNewHampshire1923CollectedPoems1930AFurtherRange1936AWitnessTree1942toreadapoem—'TheGiftOutright”—atthepresidentialinaugurationofJ.F.Kennedy1961FeaturesofFrost’sPoetry1.Frost'spoetrymainlyreflectslifeinruralNewEngland2.hispoemsoftenshiftdramaticallyfromhumoroustonestotragicones3.Muchofhispoetryisconcernedwithhowpeopleinteractwiththeirenvironment4.Frostdislikedfreeverse;HeoftenwroteinthestandardmeterofblankversePoetryAppreciation1.NothingGoldCanStay2.TheRoadNotTaken3.StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowingEvening4.Fire&IceNothingGoldCanStayNature'sfirstgreenisgold,Herhardesthuetohold.Herearlyleaf'saflower;Butonlysoanhour.Thenleafsubsidestoleaf.SoEdensanktogrief,Sodawngoesdowntoday.Nothinggoldcanstay.ChineseVersions：I岁月流金，宜人香色最难存。丝丝细叶美如葩，少倾迷失其芳华。绿叶消溶于流光，乐园沉沦多感伤。黎明没入平凡日，美景终会随风逝。II大自然的第一抹新绿是金色，她最无力保留的颜色。她最初的叶是一朵花，然而只绽放刹那。于是叶沦落为叶，乐园陷入了永夜。黎明堕落成白天，金色的东西都不长远。刹那芳华,弹指红颜老.生命如此仓促,岁月能流金.Theme&Tone▲RobertFrost'spoem,NothingGoldCanStay,suggeststhatanythinginlifecanseemtobeoutstandingatfirst,butatsomepointwillfallasAdamandEvedid;whatgoesup,mustcomedown.Ibelieveinthisthemethatlifeingeneralcanbringamazingcircumstances,butnothingcanstaygoldforever.Frost'spoemseemstoexplainaruleoflifethatshowstrutheverywhere:thingsareonlyseeminglyperfectatfirst,butthentruthsetsin.▲Sentimental.Nothingofvalue,thespeakerseemstobelieve,willremain.Moreradically,thepoemsuggeststhatwecandeterminewhatisvaluableaccordingtothelengthofitslifespan.Dawnismorevaluablethanday,forexample,becausedawnisbrief.Keyword:GoldNothingiseternal.WhatFrostwantstoshareisthatnothinggoldcanstayinhispoem.Whateveryouhavenowissubjecttofade.Goldisindeedakeyword.Goldispriceless.Goldrepresentsbeautythatimplicatesthestateofecstasydeepinsideyourinnerrealm.Frostusesapastoralanalogybymeansofnaturetodescribesuchaecstaticstate.•Itisnowordyoucanpickornorcoloryoucanselecteithertodescribeortodrawthefeelingofbeautyinsideyoursoul.Butthisexcitementisnotlasting,suchastheseLeaves.Thefeelingofbeautyyouhaveneverstayspermanently.Itleavesyouallalonewithtearsrollingdownyourface,becausenothinggoldcanstay.Nature'sfirstgreenisgold,Herhardesthuetohold.Herearlyleaf'saflower;Butonlysoanhour.Thenleafsubsidestoleaf.SoEdensanktogrief,sodawngoesdowntoday.Nothinggoldcanstay.NothingGoldCanStayrhythmrhyme1.aabbccdd2.alliterationIambicTrimeterNature’s|firstgreen|isgold●●●●TheRoadNotTakenTworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,AndsorryIcouldnottravelbothAndbeonetraveler,longIstoodAndlookeddownoneasfarasIcouldTowhereitbentintheundergrowth;Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;ThoughasforthatthepassingthereHadwornthemreallyaboutthesame,AndboththatmorningequallylayInleavesnostephadtroddenblack.Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence:Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI-Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathasmadeallthedifference.RobertFrostonhisownpoetry:Onestanzaof'TheRoadNotTaken'waswrittenwhileIwassittingonasofainthemiddleofEngland:Wasfoundthreeorfouryearslater,andIcouldn'tbearnottofinishit.Iwasn'tthinkingaboutmyselfthere,butaboutafriendwhohadgoneofftowar,apersonwho,whicheverroadhewent,wouldbesorryhedidn'tgotheother.Hewashardonhimselfthatway.BreadLoafWriters'Conference,23Aug.1953MeaningofthispoemTheliteralmeaningofthispoembyRobertFrostisprettyobvious.Atravelercomestoaforkintheroadandneedstodecidewhichwaytogotocontinuehisjourney.Aftermuchmentaldebate,thetravelerpickstheroadlesstraveledby.“Thefigurativemeaningisnottoohiddeneither.Thepoemdescribesthetoughchoicespeoplestandforwhentravelingtheroadoflife.Thewordssorryandsighmakethetoneofpoemsomewhatgloomy.Thetravelerregretsleavesthepossibilitiesoftheroadnotchosenbehind.Herealizesheprobablywon'tpassthiswayagain.Structure,rhythmpattern&rhymeschemeThispoemconsistsoffourcinquains(5-linepattern)witharhythmpatternofbasiciambictetrameter,rhymingABAAB.Tworoads/diverged/inayel/lowwood(spondee)(iamb)(anapest)(iamb)Andsor/ryIcould/nottrav/elboth(iamb)(anapest)(iamb)(iamb)Andbe/onetravel/erlong/Istood(iamb)(dactyl)(iamb)(iamb)Andlooked/downone/asfar/asIcould(iamb)(iamb)(iamb)(anapest)Towhere/itbent/intheun/dergrowth(iamb)(iamb)(anapest)(iamb)StoppingByWoodsonaSnowyEveningWhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.Hishouseisinthevillagethough;HewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.MylittlehorsemustthinkitqueerTostopwithoutafarmhousenearBetweenthewoodsandfrozenlakeThedarkesteveningoftheyear.HegiveshisharnessbellsashakeToaskifthereissomemistake.Theonlyothersound'sthesweepOfeasywindanddownyflake.Thewoodsarelov