赏析A-red-red-rose英文版

“ARed,RedRose”isoneofhisfamoussongsthatRobertBurnswroteinthe“balladmeter”.Inthissong,heexpressedhisdeeplovetowardshisloverJeanArmour.Beginningwithaquatraincontainingtwosimiles,thepoetshowsthebeautyofhisloverwithhappy,proudtone.HecompareshislovertoaredrosethatnewlyspringinJuneandthinksshehasgracefulvoicewhichislikeawonderfulblendofsweetmusic.Here,“ared,redrose”,alivelyimagery,signifieshislover’sfullofyouthfulenergyandvitality.“Sweetmelody”furtheremphasizestheharmony,perfectofherbodyandevenhercharacter.Thesecondandthirdstanza,withacrackingpace,expressthepoet’sblazinglove.“Tilltheseasgangdryandtherocksmeltthesun”.Usedtolikenfaithfullove,thissentenceistoowonderfulforwords.It’seasytofindthatpoeticimageryhasimmediatelychanged,nolongeraredroseoramovingpiece,butanewer,wideranddeepermood.Ithasbecomeextensiveocean,solidrockandscorchingsun.Althoughsomewordsarerepeated,itdoesn’tlooklengthyatall,butlooksmoresincere,showingdeeplove.Inaddition,thepoetusetherhetoricaldeviceofincrementalrepetitiontoemphasisandmusicalityanditalsohelptosubtendthepoet’sunforgettablelove.Thefinalstanzashowshisfarewelltohisloveragainandapromiseofreturn.“Iwillcomeagainthoughitwastenthousandmile”.Exaggeratedwordsconveythepoet’sinfinitelyaffectionatefeelings.Regardlessofimagery,structure,orwords,theyallappeartobenaturalandelegant.Thefolkversealsodoublesitssenseofmusic.Profuseloverunsthroughthewholepoem.Theentireuniversecanchangeandbedestroyed,butonlylovecanlastforever.