1、Ode to a Nightingale the first stanza,-Keats,作品,Ode to a Nightingale is one of the five “spring odes ” composed by Keats. his works appealed to all the five senses of sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. An ode is a lyric, which is lofty in style and is usually addressed formally to its subject.,写作
2、背景:,the two things he usually thought were the sweet in love and the moment he died. In such a situation, with his heart full of grief and indignation and the desire to life, Keats wrote down this beautiful poet.,rhyming scheme,This poem is written in 10-line stanzas of iambic pentameter rhyming aba
3、bcdecde, with the exception of the eighth line which has only three feet.,Stanza I,My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains one minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk我的心痛,困顿和麻木毒害了感官,犹如饮过毒鸩,又似刚把鸦片吞服,一分钟的时间,字句在忘川中沉
4、没,Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, but being too happy in thine happiness,- That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees In some melodious plot of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.并不是在嫉妒你的幸运,是为着你的幸运而大感快乐,你,林间轻翅的精灵,在山毛榉绿影下的情结中,放开了歌喉,歌唱夏季。,Lethe-wards
5、: the river of forgetfulness, in the underworld, according to the ancient Greek mythology(希腊神话中冥府的一条河,死者的灵魂喝了这条河的水就会忘记生前的事) Dryad: a nymph inhabiting a tree and watching over it 希腊神话中的树神,典 故,The nightingale is characterized as wholly blissful-“full-throated ease“ the poet is overcome by the song and
6、 almost loses himself,两个意象的交叉,给诗人伤痛 被欢欣感染,诗人的“心痛”,夜莺的“欢欣”,The poet falls into a reverie while listening to an actual nightingale sing. He feels joy and pain, an ambivalent response. Pleasure can be so intense that, paradoxically, it either numbs him or causes pain.,influence,Keats poetry has strong romantic features, he uses beautiful metaphor and fluent language to express the strong thoughts and feelings in his heart and the deep yearning of the free world . In this poem , we can well appreciate the descendants reviews : Keats poetry has reached the pinnacle of Romantic Poems.,Thank You!,