Dickinson 8美国文学女诗人狄金森.pptVIP

Key Facts about Her Life Character: Once a fun, fiercely intelligent, young woman “Belle of Amherst” →“Nun in White” Something changed in her life, and that change is one of the greatest mysteries surrounding D’s legend. Key Facts about Her Life Love: Dr. Charles Wadsworth, a married reverend nervous breakdown, ruined eyesight Judge Otis Lord, a prominent lawyer hints of romance, yet no fruit Key Facts about Her Life Poetry: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a prominent literary critic respect him, yet never obey him 7 published poems / nearly 2000 poems Forerunner, by more than fifty years, of modern poetry Poetic Style plain words, simple syntax faulty grammar unusual capitalization and punctuation personal and meditative Three Major Themes Nature Love Death 两耳不闻窗外事 一心只作圣贤诗 要描绘一片草原…… 要描绘一片草原需要一株红花草和一只蜜蜂， 一株红花草和一只蜜蜂， 再加想象。 单凭想象也可以， 如果蜜蜂太少。 Analysis Nature needs no more than a bit of imagination. One is never short of inspiration when imagination is soaring. 我是无名之辈 我是无名之辈，你是谁？ 你也是无名之辈？ 那么我们就成了一对 —— 别说出去， 你知道，他们会驱逐我们。  多无聊，空有一身赫赫显要， 多招摇，像只青蛙， 对着一片自以为仰慕的泥沼， 整日里叫着自己的名号炫耀！ Analysis It is the most playful defense of her spiritual privacy, implying that to be a nobody is a luxury. But, what strikes you when you compare it with “Success Is Counted Sweetest”? Sour grapes or not? Recommended Poems “A Bird Came Down the Walk” (nature) “Wild Nights——Wild Nights!” (love) “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” (death) Because I could not stop for Death—— He kindly stopped for me —— The Carriage held but just Ourselves —— And Immortality.  因为我不能停步等候死神他殷勤停车接我 车厢里只有我们二人 还有永生同座  We slowly drove —— he knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility.  我们缓缓而行，他知道无须急迫 我也暂时抛开 劳作和闲暇 以回报他的礼貌  We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess —— in the Ring —— We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —— We passed the Setting Sun —— 我们经过校园，恰逢课间孩子们在操场上欢闹我们经过注目凝视的稻田我们经过西沉的太阳 Or rather —— He passed Us —— The D