AComparisonbetweenTwoNatuePoems诗歌欣赏英语论文.doc

A Comparison between Two Nature Poems Abstract: William Wordsworth, the representative of the romantic writers and great writers of nature. His great imagination, with the poet’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thought, is deeply rooted in the poetical creation. ‘To Autumn” written by John Keats also is an excellent poem about nature. In “To Autumn”, a superficial reading would suggest that John Keats writes about a typical day of this season, describing all kind of colourful and detailed images. In this paper, the two representative poems are examined in terms of figures of speech, imagery skills and theme to appreciate the nature poems. Key words: William Wordsworth; daffodils; nature; to autumn Nature poems are an important part of poetry. It chants all creatures great and small in the nature, such as four seasons, plants, animals, mountains and rivers and clouds and rains. Poem writers rooted their great imagination, philosophical and somewhat mystical thought in their creations. By analyzing nature poems, we can appreciate the beauty of poems. 1. Figures of Speech Used in Daffodils Personification is successfully used in both poems. In the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, the first line makes nice use of personification and simile. The poet assumes himself to be a cloud (simile) floating in the sky. When Wordsworth says in the second line I (poet as a cloud) look down at the valleys and mountains and appreciate the daffodils; its the personification, where an inanimate object (cloud) possesses the quality of a human enabling it to see the daffodils. The line Ten thousand saw I at a glance is an exaggeration and a hyperbole, describing the scene of ten thousand daffodils, all together. Alliteration is the repetition of similar sounds, is applied for the word h, in the words - high and hills. In “To Autumn” personification is wildly used. Take the second stanza for example, autumn personified as a harvester, crosses a brook and watches a cider press.