Henry Wadsworth Longfelllow 高等教育出版社 美国文学选读课件.ppt

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow;Introduction of Longfellow;Longfeoolw’s works;Longfellow’s works;Style ;;Oliver Wendell Holmes;A Psalm of life ;;The poem reminds us that life is not a dream, but very real, and urges us to live it to the full and not sit around waiting for death. It says that the purpose of life is not to have fun or indeed to suffer but to do something. It also reminds us that although mankind has lived a long time our own individual time on earth is limited and will pass very quickly, with each heartbeat a further step towards the grave. So try, like great men of the past, to make something of yourself in your short time on earth and leave behind something by which to be remembered