莎士比亚十四行诗23赏析范文.docVIP

Appreciation of Shakespeare’s sonnet 23 Sonnet 23As an unperfect actor on the stage,Who with his fear is put besides his part,Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,Whose strengths abundance weakens his own heart;?????? 4So I ,for fear of trust ,forget to sayThe perfect ceremony of loves rite,And in mine own loves strength seem to decay,Oerchargd with burthen of mine own loves might.????? 8O let my books be then the eloquenceAnd dumb presagers of my speaking breast,Who plead for love, and look for recompense,More than that tongue that more hasth more expressd.??? 12 O learn to read what silent love hath writ.To hear with eyes belongs to loves fine writ. This sonnet may not be the most famous in the sequence of Shakespeares sonnets; it may be the most famous lyric poem in English. Among Shakespeares works, only lines such as To be or not to be and Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? are better-known. But this is one of the most moving lyric poems that I have ever read. There is great use of imagery within the sonnet. This is not to say that the rest of the poems in the book were not good, but this to me was the best, most profound and most beautiful of them. It is mainly due to the simplicity and allegoric of the poem praise of the silent love. Line 1~8 the construct should be “As an unperfect actor or some fierce thing,” “so I forget to say...and seem to decay”. At first it use simile ” As an unperfect actor on the stage “ to describe the nervous mood. Then another simile” some fierce thing replete with too much rage” The imagery is the very vivid and appropriate. Line 4 “strengths abundance” equal “abundant strength”. “So I ,for fear of trust, forget to say” this is my favourate sentence. It accurately reflect the people’s psychological activity who fall in love with someone. People sympathize with such a feeling. Line 6 “perfect” work in concert with 1 “unperfect”. Thus the sonnet becomes mor