大学英语专业诗歌欣赏.doc

POETRY APPRECIATION NATURE By Longfellow As a fond mother, when the day is o’er Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on the floor, Still gazing at them through the open door, 5 Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more; So nature deals with us,and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand 10 Leads us to rest so gently,that we go Scarece knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcneds the what we know. Answer the following questions: 1) What’s the main idea of the poem? 2) What’s the rhyming scheme of the poem? 3) Why should the child should be half willing and half relunctant to go to bed(Line 3)? 4) What figure of speech (rehtoric device) is employed in the poem ? 5) What does the ‘broken playthings on the floor’ ine Line 4 indicate? 2. THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDES FALLS By Longfellow The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. 5 Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls. 10 The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh, as the hoster calls; The day returns, but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore, And the tide rises, the tide falls. 15 Answer the following questions: 1) What’s the main idea of the poem? 2) What’s the rhyming scheme of the poem? 3) What does the poet mean by “ the footprints in the sands ”(L9) ? 4) What figure of speech (rehtoric device) is employed in “the steeds in their stalls”(Line 11) and in