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Hardys poetry, first published in his fifties, has come to be as well regarded as his novels and has had a significant influence over modern English poetry, especially after The Movement poets of the 1950s and 1960s cited Hardy as a major figure. Neutral tones General introduction About the end of a relationship. Theme: disappointment in love and life Lack of passion No apparent anger, no obvious despair, The tones may be neutral but the emotions are black and bitter New words chidden(chide 的过去分词) 责备 sod 草地 ash 梣树 rove 漫游，飘忽不定 tedious 沉闷的，乏味的 riddle 谜语，谜一样的事物 to and fro 来回地 grin 露齿而笑 ominous[?min?s] 不吉利的 wring 拧；绞；挤；扭动 Neutral Tones Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles of years ago; And some words played between us to and fro On which lost the more by our love. 你顾盼的目光漂游不定， 仿佛在昔日乏味的迷雾中穿行， 那时我们说话俏皮，唇枪舌剑， 结果却是心灵受损，为的只是爱情。 The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die; And a grin of bitterness swept thereby Like an ominous bird a-wing.... 你唇边的微笑毫无生气， 一如临终前的微笑，冰凉僵滞， 一阵苦笑掠过脸庞， 如同一只不详之鸟展翅。 Since then, keen lessons that love deceives, And wrings with wrong, have shaped to me Your face, and the God-curst sun, and a tree, And a pond edged with grayish leaves. 从那以后，爱情的骗局使我铭心刻骨。 酸辛和悔恨，在我心中重新交织出 你的面容，苍白的冬日，那棵树， 还有池边飘零的枯叶落木。 * Thomas Hardy Neutral Tones 陈阳 张倪 Thomas Hardy 2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 an English novelist and poet. Tess of the d’Urbervilles Far from the Madding Crowd Although his poems were not initially as well received by his contemporaries as his novels were, Hardy is now recognised as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. His verse had a profound influence on later writers, notably Philip Larkin, who included many of Hardys poems in the edition of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse that Larkin edited in 1973. We stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was white, as though chidden