percy-bysshe-shelley

PercyByssheShelley4August1792–8July1822PercyByssheShelleyPercyByssheShelley(4August1792–8July1822)wasoneofthemajorEnglishRomanticpoetsandiscriticallyregardedasamongthefinestlyricpoetsintheEnglishlanguage,Shelley'sunconventionallifeanduncompromisingidealism,combinedwithhisstrongskepticalvoice,madehimanotoriousandmuchdenigratedfigureduringhislife.LifeandexperienceMARYLifeandexperienceHisLiteraryWorksHisLiteraryWorksHisLiteraryWorksShelleyisoneoftheleadingRomanticpoets,anintenseandoriginallyricalpoetintheEnglishlanguage.LikeBlake,hehasareputationasadifficultpoet:erudite,imagisticallycomplex,fullofclassicalandmythologicalallusions.Hisstyleaboundsinpersonificationandmetaphorandotherfiguresofspeechwhichdescribevividlywhatweseeandfeel,orexpresswhatpassionatelymovesusWrittenin1819&publishedin1820OneofShelley’sbestknownlyrics(抒情诗)Therhymescheme---“ababcbcdcdedff”Iambicpentameter(五步抑扬格)Thepoemwascomposedin1819whenEuropeanlabormovementandtherevolutionarymovementsurged.Tofightfortheirright,Britishworkingclassbegantostrugglewiththebourgeoisie.AtAugustofthatyear,80,000workersinManchesterheldamassivedemonstration.Ofcourse,thereactionaryauthoritieshaddispatchedtroopstosuppress.Thatwaswell-knownastheBideileiMassacre.ShelleywasinfavorofBritishrevolution,sohewasexpelledfromtheUnitedKingdom.啊，狂野的西风，你把秋气猛吹，不露脸便将落叶一扫而空，犹如法师赶走了群鬼，赶走那黄绿红黑紫的一群，那些染上了瘟疫的魔怪——呵，你让种子长翅腾空，又落在冰冷的土壤里深埋，象尸体躺在坟墓，但一朝你那青色的东风妹妹回来，为沉睡的大地吹响银号，驱使羊群般蓓蕾把大气猛喝，就吹出遍野嫩色，处处香飘。狂野的精灵！你吹遍了大地山河，破坏者，保护者，听吧——听我的歌！你激荡长空，乱云飞坠如落叶；你摇撼天和海，不许它们象老树缠在一堆；你把雨和电赶了下来，只见蓝空上你驰骋之处忽有万丈金发披开，象是酒神的女祭司勃然大怒，愣把她的长发遮住了半个天，将暴风雨的来临宣布。你唱着挽歌送别残年，今夜这天空宛如圆形的大墓，罩住了混浊的云雾一片，却挡不住电火和冰雹的突破，更有黑雨倾盆而下！呵，听我的歌！你惊扰了地中海的夏日梦，它在清澈的碧水里静躺，听着波浪的催眠曲，睡意正浓，朦胧里它看见南国港外石岛旁，烈日下古老的宫殿和楼台把影子投在海水里晃荡，它们的墙上长满花朵和藓苔，那香气光想想也叫人醉倒！你的来临叫大西洋也惊骇，它忙把海水劈成两半，为你开道，海地下有琼枝玉树安卧，尽管深潜万丈，一听你的怒号就闻声而变色，只见一个个战栗，畏缩——呵，听我的歌！如果我能是一片落叶随你飘腾，如果我能是一朵流云伴你飞行，或是一个浪头在你的威力下翻滚，如果我能有你的锐势和冲劲，即使比不上你那不羁的奔放，但只要能拾回我当年的童心，我就能陪着你遨游天上，那时候追上你未必是梦呓，又何至沦落到这等颓丧，祈求你来救我之急！呵，卷走我吧，象卷落叶，波浪，流云！我跌在人生的刺树上，我血流遍体！岁月沉重如铁链，压着的灵魂原本同你一样，高傲，飘逸，不驯，让我做你的竖琴吧，就同森林一般，纵然我们都落叶纷纷，又有何妨！我们身上的秋色斑烂，好给你那狂飚曲添上深沉的回响，甜美而带苍凉。给我你迅猛的劲头！豪迈的精灵，化成我吧，借你的锋芒，把我的腐朽思想扫出宇宙，扫走了枯叶好把新生来激发；凭着我这诗韵做符咒，犹如从未灭的炉头吹出火花，把我的话散布在人群之中！对那沉睡的大地，拿我的嘴当喇叭，吹响一个预言！呵，西风，如果冬天来了，春天还会远吗？Inthispoem,thepoetlikensthepotentialofwestwindtosweptthroughtheleavestodescribetherevolutionaryforcesofraidingreactionaryregime,andregardsthewestwindwhichisblowingseedsasthespreadofrevolutionaryideas,soastodiscribehopesofthepoetforthefuture.Atthesametime,thedestruction,protectionandfreedomarethethreethemesoftheOdetotheWestWindwhichisshowingtheawarenessoflife.Threethemesareintertwined,soundingagrandsongoflife,andalwayssingingimmortallifeofthepoetintheeternalspace.CommentsonShelleyShelleyappealedtomefromhishatredoftyranny.Andalsofromhisveryvividsenseofbeauty,naturalbeauty,andeverykindofbeauty.AndIthoughthesortofportrayedalovelyworldoftheimagination.----BertrandRussellLucretiusandhistraditiontaughtShelleythatfreedomcamefromunderstandingcausation.----HaroldBloomTheend!