1、William Wordsworth & My Heart Leaps Up,By,William Wordsworth (1770-1850),a famous English romantic poet Life Experience Mother died when he was eight and Father died when he was 13 Separated from his sister Dorothy in 1778 and did not see her again until 1787 Visited France in 1790 and influenced by
2、 the turmoil（骚动） of the French Revolution In 1795 he stayed in a cottage in Dorset, where he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.,Lake Poets （湖畔诗人）,Introduction,Introduction of Lake Poets,William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey became known as the Lake Poets, becau
3、se they lived in the lake district in the northwestern part of England. According to the critics, such as, Francis Jeffrey, Thomas De Quincey, the Lake Poets shared only friendship and a brief periods of collaboration, but they dont share similar philosophies or poetic styles. Wordsworth used his im
4、aginative powers to idealize nature, Coleridge explored the philosophical aspects of poetry. Southey centered his efforts on travel and adventure romantically.,Literary Career,In 1798 ,William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge write their collection Lyrical Ballads . Its the beginning of the En
5、glish Romantic movement . About 1798 he started to write a large and philosophical autobiographical poem, completed in 1805, and published in 1850 after his death. “The Prelude.” 序曲 In 1843 he succeeded Robert Southey (1774-1843) as Englands poet laureate（桂冠诗人）. When many poets still wrote about anc
6、ient heroes in grandiloquent style, Wordsworth focused on the nature, children, the poor and common people. In his poems, he liked the simplicity and purity of the language and he used ordinary (fresh and lively) words to express his personal feelings. He once said, “Poetry is the spontaneous overfl
7、ow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility” 诗歌是强烈感情的自然溢出,它源于平静中集聚的情感,My Heart Leaps Up,My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is fa
8、ther of the man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.,By Wordsworth,see with attention,Connect tightly,虔诚,我心雀跃,当天边彩虹映入眼帘我心为之雀跃； 初生时即便如此； 至今长大成人亦是如此； 将来老去还是如此，否则我宁愿死去！ 赤子为成人之父； 我愿自然虔诚的意念， 将我生命里的每个日子串联起来。,Why does the poet choose rainbow?,Its the symbol of beauty and int
9、egrity. (Genesis， chapter 9 in Bible).,According to the Genesis（创世纪） in Bible, God destroyed mankind with flood because of humans corruption (leaving Noah 诺亚only). God made the rainbow as a promise to Noah that he would never flood the world again. And now, rainbow is always considered as the symbol
10、 of beauty and integrity（诚信）.,The Bow of Covenant Promise 彩虹之约,My Heart Leaps Up,My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the man; And I could wish my days to be
11、Bound each to each by natural piety.,By Wordsworth,In the first sentence, the poet saw the rainbow in the sky; he leaped up and recalled the story in the Bible. The rainbow here, means oath（誓言）, hope and renaissance.,My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky;,Power of nature,Give you hope
12、 and bring you peace,the continuity in the tenses，in the world； the continuity of our thought and spirit,So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!,The child is father of the man;,The childhood shows the man as morning shows the day. -Milton
13、,The rainbow now comes from the pledge between God and human, they have continuity. The feeling when we see the rainbow for the religious emotion to Bible, and also, for our childhood. Each today comes from yesterday, they are continuing. Reverencing our childhood and making our spirit improvement continuing is also a kind of natural reverence（崇敬）.,And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.,Thank You!,
