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1、《雪夜林畔小憩》(“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”)是美國詩人RobertFrost的作品,被認為是現(xiàn)代英語的短篇杰作。此詩之難能可貴,在于意境含蓄,用語天然,格律嚴謹,貌似寫景,卻別有寓意。StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening雪夜林畔小憩WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.想來我認識這片樹林,Hishouseisinthevillagethough;盡管林主就住在鄰村;Hewillnotseemestoppinghere卻不會見我在此駐馬,Tow
2、atchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.賞他林中漫天雪紛紛。Mylittlehorsemustthinkitqueer我的小馬一定很驚訝:Tostopwithoutafarmhousenear不見有農(nóng)家為何停下,Betweenthewoodsandfrozenlake偏在寒林和冰湖中間,Thedarkesteveningoftheyear.還是一年中最暗傍晚。Hegiveshisharnessbellsashake小馬搖搖身上的鈴串,Toaskifthereissomemistake.想問我是否又把錯犯。Theo
3、nlyothersound’sthesweep唯一能夠聽到的聲音,Ofeasywindanddownyflake.來自輕風和漫天雪片。Thewoodsarelovely,dark,anddeep,樹林很美很暗很幽深,ButIhavepromisestokeep,我雖神往但有約在先,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,要趕多少路才能安眠,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.要趕多少路才能安眠。Summary:Onthesurface,thispoemissimplicityitself.Thespea
4、kerisstoppingbysomewoodsonasnowyevening.Heorshetakesinthelovelysceneinnear-silence,istemptedtostaylonger,butacknowledgesthepullofobligationsandtheconsiderabledistanceyettobetraveledbeforeheorshecanrestforthenight.Form:Thepoemconsistsoffour(almost)identicallyconstruc
5、tedstanzas.Eachlineisiambic,withfourstressedsyllables:Withinthefourlinesofeachstanza,thefirst,second,andfourthlinesrhyme.Thethirdlinedoesnot,butitsetsuptherhymesforthenextstanza.Forexample,inthethirdstanza,queer,near,andyearallrhyme,butlakerhymeswithshake,mistake,an
6、dflakeinthefollowingstanza.Thenotableexceptiontothispatterncomesinthefinalstanza,wherethethirdlinerhymeswiththeprevioustwoandisrepeatedasthefourthline.Donotbefooledbythesimplewordsandtheeasinessoftherhymes;thisisaverydifficultformtoachieveinEnglishwithoutdebilitatin
7、gapoem'scontentwithforcedrhymes.Commentary:Thisisapoemtobemarveledatandtakenforgranted.Likeabigstone,likeabodyofwater,likeastrongeconomy,howeveritwasforgeditseemsthat,oncemade,ithasalwaysbeenthere.Frostclaimedthathewroteitinasinglenighttimesitting;itjustcametohim.Pe
8、rhapsonehot,sustainedburstistheonlywaytocastsuchacompleteobject,inwhichformandcontent,shapeandmeaning,arealloyedinextricably.Oneistemptedt