1、Robert Frost(1874-1963)罗伯特罗伯特 弗罗斯特弗罗斯特01/03/02/04/The Road Not TakenMain worksWriting featuresBrief IntroductionCONTENTIntroduction:l - If America had a national poet in the 20th century, it is certainly Robert Frost. l Robert Frost, He was the most popular American poet of the twentieth century. ：1
2、、 national bard 游吟诗人 2、交替性的诗人，意指他处在传统诗 现代派诗歌交替的一个时期。3、新英格兰的rural poet 农民诗人 4、4 Pulitzer Prizes 普利策奖普利策奖 5、received honorary degrees from 44 colleges. 6、unofficial poet Laureate （桂冠诗人）7、John F. Kennedy约翰肯尼迪 invited Frost to read at the inauguration. He recited The Gift Outright （全才）by heart.(普利策奖也称为普
3、利策新闻奖 ) 1917年根据美国报业巨头约瑟夫.鲁利策的遗愿设立，将财产捐赠给哥伦比亚大学， 设立普利策奖，奖励新闻界、文学界、音乐界的卓越 人士，自1917以来每年颁发一次。获奖作品一直被誉 为“美国最负责任的写作和最优美的文字”，其新闻奖是美国新闻界的最高荣誉，成为记者们职业生涯的奋斗目标和最高梦想。The farm owned by Forst 1963- Robert Frost died on January 29 in Boston.Main works：Poetry The Road Not Taken 未选择的路 Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Ev
4、ening 雪夜林边驻脚 Fire and Ice 火与冰 Mending Wall 补墙 Nothing Gold Can Stay 美景易逝 The Birches 白桦树some famous poemsWriting features： (1) His poems mostly wrote about nature (influence from Wordsworth and Emerson) and New England landscape. (2) He used simple language, a graceful style, and in his poems, tradi
5、tional elements and modern elements mingle together.（ reason for popular） (3) Symbolism (He used symbols from everyday life to express profound ideas.) He combined traditional verse forms with a clear American local speech rhythm, forming his own characteristics . (4) Frost wrote rural poetry in the
6、 pastoral tradition as a way to understand modern life. (5) Many people tend to think of Frost as an optimistic country philosopher . (6) Frosts poems show deep appreciation of natural world and sensibility about the human aspirations. (7)In his view, a poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom 诗要诗要
7、“兴于喜悦，而终于彻悟兴于喜悦，而终于彻悟”总之，诗歌创作的隐秘性是弗罗斯特终身 的艺术追求，而超验诗学的象征隐喻、貌 似简单的诗歌语言、从心所欲而不逾矩的 格律技巧以及简单深邃的孤独主题是弗罗 斯特诗歌创作最重要的特征。弗罗斯特在诗歌风格上的一个最大特点是朴素无华，含义隽永，把深刻的思考和哲理寓于平淡无奇的内容和简洁朴实的诗句之中。03The Road Not Taken BackgroundFrost claimed that he wrote this poem about his closest friend- Frost claimed that he wrote this poem
8、 about his closest friend- Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London.woods near London.Frost said that while walking they would come to different paths Frost said that while walking they would come to different
9、 paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always felt wondering what and after choosing one, Thomas would always felt wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path. they might have missed by not taking the other path. “ The Road Not Taken” 未选择的路未选择的路( (The first poem of Mounta
10、in Interval )第一节第一节Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, A And sorry I could not travel both BAnd be one traveler, long I stood AAnd looked down one as far as I could ATo where it bent in the undergrowth. B黄色的树林里分出两条路，可惜我不能同时去涉足，我在那路口久久伫立，我向着一条路极目望去，直到它消失在丛林深处。第二节第二节Then took the other, as just as fa
11、ir,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.但我却选了另外一条路，它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，显得更诱人，更美丽;虽然在这条小路上，很少留下旅人的足迹。第三节第三节And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden back.Oh, I kept the first for a
12、nother day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.那天清晨落叶满地，两条路都未经脚印污染。啊，留下一条路等改天再见!但我知道路径延绵无尽头，恐怕我难以再回返。第四节第四节I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all t
13、he difference.也许多少年后在某个地方，我将轻声叹息将往事回顾:一片树林里分出两条路-而我选择了人迹更少的一条，从此决定了我一生的道路。The first stanza:The first stanza:1. 1.Two roads diverged Two roads diverged in a yellow woodin a yellow wood, ,2. 2. And sorry I could not travel bothAnd sorry I could not travel both3. 3. And be one traveler, long I stoodAnd
14、 be one traveler, long I stood4.4. And looked down one as far as I couldAnd looked down one as far as I could5. 5. To where To where it bent in the undergrowthit bent in the undergrowth; ;Wood: Wood: The The poem was set in poem was set in woods because we get an woods because we get an image of qui
15、et, deserted place image of quiet, deserted place where the speaker is left alone where the speaker is left alone to decide.to decide.In line 5, the bend in the road In line 5, the bend in the road and the undergrowth stand for and the undergrowth stand for the unknown aspects of his the unknown asp
16、ects of his future journey.future journey.03The Road Not TakenThe second stanza:The second stanza:6.6. Then took the other, as just as fair,Then took the other, as just as fair,7. 7. And having perhaps the better claim,And having perhaps the better claim,8. 8. Because it was grassy and Because it wa
17、s grassy and wanted wearwanted wear; ;9.9. Though as for that the passing thereThough as for that the passing there10.10. Had worn them really about the same,Had worn them really about the same,“wanted wear”: less-travelled“wanted wear”: less-travelled人迹罕至人迹罕至03The Road Not TakenThe third stanza:The
18、 third stanza:11.11. And both that morning equally layAnd both that morning equally lay12.12. In leaves no step had trodden black.In leaves no step had trodden black.13.13. Oh, Oh, I kept the first for another dayI kept the first for another day! !14.14. Yet knowing how way leads on to way,Yet knowi
19、ng how way leads on to way,15.15. I I doubteddoubted if I should ever come back. if I should ever come back. self-comfort after making self-comfort after making the final decisionthe final decision the nostalgia(the nostalgia(怀恋怀恋) to first ) to first roadroad03The Road Not TakenThe fourth stanza:Th
20、e fourth stanza:11.11. I shall be telling this with I shall be telling this with a sigha sigh12.12. Somewhere ages and ages henceSomewhere ages and ages hence，13.13. Two roads diverged in a woodTwo roads diverged in a wood, and , and II14.14. I took the one less traveled byI took the one less travel
21、ed by, ,15.15. And And that has made all the differencethat has made all the difference. .03The Road Not TakenA sigh: A sigh: (traditionally) an (traditionally) an expression of both regret and expression of both regret and reliefreliefWriting poem is the less-Writing poem is the less-traveled road.
22、 traveled road. Frost employs the traditional Frost employs the traditional pattern in spite of following pattern in spite of following the modernist innovation. the modernist innovation. Different interpretations(Different interpretations(理解理解) ) The word “sigh” is a tricky(微妙的) word. Because sigh
23、can be interpreted into nostalgic relief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambiguous here for the spe
24、aker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong. Actually, it does not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it. This is also the theme of the poem. This poem does not advise. It does not say, “When
25、 you come to a fork in the road, study the footprints and take the road less traveled by.” Frosts focus is more complicated. First, there is no less-traveled road in this poem; it isnt even an option. But the nature of the decision is such that there is no Right Pathjust the chosen path and the other path.Thank you for watching
