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PhilipFreneauwasbornonJanuary2,1752,inNewYork,ofFrenchHuguenotandScottishstock.HewentintoPrincetonUniversityin1768.Hislifewaslongandbumpy.Hewasawriterandeditor,butalsoatonceapoliticaljournalistandseacaptain,thoserichexperiencesmadeagreatcontributiontohisliteraryproduction.Asaeditor,hehadachancetopublishedanumberofironicandhumorpoetrytoexpresshispursuitofdemocracyandindependence,thenhewasfamous.However,asaseacaptain,hehadgonetomanycountriesandexploredalotoftropicalislands.Sincehehadthoseexperiences,hecouldwroteplentypoemstoshowhisloveofnatureandspokehighlyofthetropicalscenery.Freneauwasneoclassicalbytrainingandtasteyetromanticinessentialspirit.Hewasalsoatonceasatiristandasentimentalist,ahumanitarianbutalsoabitterpolemicist,apoetofReasonyetthecelebrantoflovelyFancy,andadeisticoptimistinspiredbythemesofdeathandtransience.HewasregardedasapoetofAmericanRevolution,thefatherofAmericanpoetry,thepioneerofthenewromanticismandagiftedandversatilelyricpoet.thewildhoneysuckleisPhilipFreneau'smostfamousnaturalpoemwiththethemeoftransience.Theshortlyricwaswrittenin1786.FreneauwasinspiredbythebeautyofthewildhoneysucklewhenhewaswalkingatChaeleston,SouthCarolina.Thecentralimageisawildflower,whichmakesadrasticdifferencefromeliteflowerimagesoftraditionalEnglishpoems.Thepoemshowedstrongfeelingsforthenaturalbeauty,whichwasthecharacteristicofromanticpoets.Inthispoem,thepoetexpressedakeenawarenessofthelovelinessandtransienceofnature.Henotonlymeditatedonmortalitybutalsocelebratednature.Itimpliesthatlifeanddeathareinevitablelawofnature.Thepoemwaswritteninregular6-linetetrameterstanzas,rhyming:ababcc.Alliteration,assonance,masculinerhymeusedinthepoemalsoproducemelodyandharmony,whichmatchthebeautyoftheflower.Thepoemcontainsiambicstrochaicsandspondee.Thearrangementofstressedandunstressedsyllablessuggeststhetransienceofthelifeoftheflowerandthepoet'semotionalchange.Thepoemisfullofsensuousimagessuchasfairflowervisualimage,comelygrowkinestheticimageandhoneyedblossomsolfactoryimage.Alltheseimagesmakeusfeelpityforthebeautifulflowerwhichhasonlyashortlife.Obviouslythepoetissentimental,deisticoptimist.Thelinethespacebetween,isbutanhourcontainsahyperbolestressingandtransienceoflife.Thetoneofthepoemisbothsentimentalandoptimistic.Fairflower,thatdostsocomelygrow,Hidinthissilent,dullretreat,Untouchedthyhoneyedblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere,Nobusyhandprovokeatear.Allthoselinesnotonlymakeusexclaimoverthespiritofobscurityandlonelinessoftheflower,butalsoexclaimoverforhershortlife.WhatthemostimportantisthatFreneaurelatedhimselfandthehumanbeingsinthepoem,hecombinedthemankindwiththenature,attractedreadersbyimplyingtheregulationofnature.Hedescribedtheflower'stranscendentsituationbetweenthelines.Toflowers,lifeisshort,itisthesamewithhuman'slife.Inthispoem,thepoetwantedtoexpressthatjustlikethewildsucklethatdonotrefusetoblossomthoughitwillfadeafterashorttime,humanshouldcherishtheirlifethoughtheywilldiefinally.Cherishinglifeisenjoyinglifeindeed.