1、 Analysis of“The Wild Honey Suckle”1The Wild Honey Suckle2What is a Honeysuckle?It is one of the most beautiful of all wildflowers,marked by its scent(香味）and ability to grow in difficult places.To understand this poem better,we should understand the most important characteristics of honey suckle:its
2、 beautiful colours,its rich fragrance,its rampant growth,and its frailty.This kind of flower usually grows in remote areas(forests,swamps,or hills).3 Summary“The Wild Honey Suckle”describes a beautiful flower growing in a secluded place,less known and less honored by people.And when Autumn comes,the
3、 flower dies quietly and unknowingly.The whole life of the flower is short and it comes from nowhere and goes nowhere.It seems to be the natural law for everything to die in the world.4The Wild Honey Suckle RHYME and Rhythm Fair flower,that dost so comely grow,Hid in this silent,dull retreat,Untouch
4、d thy honeyd blossoms blow,Unseen thy little branches greet:No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.Four six-line stanzas RHYME:ababcc Rhythm:iambic tetrameter5Rhythm or Metrical pattern:iambic tetrameter Fair flower,that dost so comely grow Hid in this silent,dull retreat U
5、ntouchd thy honeyd blossoms blow,Unseen thy little branches greet:No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.6This pattern of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables is the most common in English poetry.repose(re-)belief(be-)complete(com-)the Sun7Rhythm or Metrical patter
6、nNumber of stresses or feet in a line(音步)Two=di+meter=dimeter Three=tri+meter=trimeter Four=tetra+meter=tetrameter Five=penta+meter=pentameter 8Figures of Speech Apostrophe pstrfi(呼语)-”fair flower”Personification-“dost”,“you”,“she”Alliteration”fair flower”blossoms blow”Parallelism,synecdoche-”untouc
7、hed thy honeyed blossoms blow/unseen thy little branches greet”Metaphor-Thus quietly thy summer goes Hyperbole-The space between,is but an hour9The Wild Honey Suckle Fair flower,that dost so comely grow,Hid in this silent,dull retreat,Untouchd thy honeyd blossoms blow,Unseen thy little branches gree
8、t:No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.retreat:place of seclusion;secluded place greet:personification No roving foot shall crush thee here,/No busy hand provoke a tear:iteration:parallelism;personification;synecdoche;provoke:stir up;cause to shed;10The Wild Honey SuckleT
9、he Wild Honey Suckle Fair flower,that dost so comely grow,Hid in this silent,dull retreat,Untouchd thy honeyd blossoms blow,Unseen thy little branches greet:No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.Stanza 1:the poem treats the advantages as well as the disadvantages of the fl
10、owers modest retirementit is designed with beauty and well protected in solitude,whereas its beauty might be admired by few.11 By Natures self in white arrayed,She bade thee shun the vulgar eye,And planted here the guardian shade,And sent soft waters murmuring by;Thus quietly thy summer goes,Thy day
11、s declining to repose.Nature:personification(she)in white arrayd:dressed in white;purity bade:past tense of“bid”;command,askshun:avoidsummer:metaphorrepose:rest 12 By Natures self in white arrayed,She bade thee shun the vulgar eye,And planted here the guardian shade,And sent soft waters murmuring by
12、;Thus quietly thy summer goes,Thy days declining to repose.Stanza 2:it suggests that the honey suckle bears a special relationship with nature which has advised it to keep away from the vulgar eye;Nature has designed it in white-a color of simplicity and purity,and,it has sent the soft waters flowin
13、g gently by.However,in spite of all the natures kindness,the flower cannot escape its doom.The best time of its life is fading,for death is waiting.13 Smit with those charms,that must decay,I grieve to see your future doom;They died-nor were those flowers more gay,The flowers that did in Eden bloom;
14、Unpitying frosts,and Autumns power Shall leave no vestige of this flower.smit:past tense of“smite”smit with:impressed by,stricken by;unpitying:cruel,merciless vestige:trace 14 Smit with those charms,that must decay,I grieve to see your future doom;They died-nor were those flowers more gay,The flower
15、s that did in Eden bloom;Unpitying frosts,and Autumns power Shall leave no vestige of this flower.Stanza 3:it reveals the indifference of naturethe unpitying frosts”are as much a part of nature as the soft waters.Thus,the notion that nature has provided a guardian shade for the protection of the hon
16、ey suckle is a sentimental fancy.It is relative,but death is absolute.15 From morning suns and evening dewsAt first thy little being came:If nothing once,you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between,is but an hour,The frail duration of flower.from the life of the honeysuckle
17、to the life of everything,including the life of man;life comes from and returns to nature;birth and death are part of life;natural law;from grief to an unequivocal understanding of the essence of life;sanguine(豁达的、开朗的)and optimistic;no pessimism 16 From morning suns and evening dewsAt first thy litt
18、le being came:If nothing once,you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between,is but an hour,The frail duration of flower.Stanza 4:the poet sees his fate mirrored in that of the flower.Human beings,as any other creatures or flowers,are a part of nature.They originated from natur
19、e and will surely return to nature some day,so their reduction to nature in the day ahead will constitute no real loss.17 Themes:Deep love for nature celebrating the beauty and loveliness of the frail forest flower Providence of Creator Transience of beauty Transience of human beings lives18 An Inte
20、rpretation “The Wild Honey Suckle”is Philip Freneaus most widely read natural lyric with the theme of nature and transience.The poet expressed a keen awareness of the loveliness of nature and transience of beauty.It also implies that life and death are inevitable law of nature.The tone of the poem i
21、s both sentimental and optimistic.19 野忍冬花野忍冬花（黄杲炘译）（黄杲炘译）美好的花呀，你长得：这么秀丽，却藏身在这僻静沉闷的地方-甜美的花儿开了却没人亲昵，招展的小小枝梢也没人观赏；没游来荡去的脚来把你踩碎，没东攀西摘的手来催你落泪。大自然把你打扮得一身洁白，她叫你避开庸俗粗鄙的目光，她布置下树荫把你护卫起来，又让潺潺的柔波淌过你身旁；你的夏天就这样静静地消逝，这时候你日见萎蔫终将安息。Fair flower,that dost so comely grow,Hid in this silent,dull retreat,Untouchd thy hon
22、eyd blossoms blow,Unseen thy little branches greet:No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.By Natures self in white arrayed,She bade thee shun the vulgar eye,And planted here the guardian shade,And sent soft waters murmuring by;Thus quietly thy summer goes,Thy days declining
23、 to repose.20那些难免消逝的美使我销魂，想起你未来的结局我就心疼，别的那些花儿也不比你幸运-虽开放在伊甸园中也已凋零，无情的寒霜再加秋风的威力，会叫这花朵消失得一无踪迹。朝阳和晚露当初曾把你养育，让你这小小的生命来到世上。原来若乌有，就没什么可失去，因为你的死让你同先前一样；这来去之间不过是一个钟点-这就是脆弱的花享有的天年。Smit with those charms,that must decay,I grieve to see your future doom;They died-nor were those flowers more gay,The flowers that
24、 did in Eden bloom;Unpitying frosts,and Autumns power Shall leave no vestige of this flower.From morning suns and evening dewsAt first thy little being came:If nothing once,you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between,is but an hour,The frail duration of flower.21 红楼梦红楼梦“葬花吟葬
25、花吟”一年三百六十日，风刀霜剑严相逼；一年三百六十日，风刀霜剑严相逼；明媚鲜妍能几时，一朝飘泊难寻觅。明媚鲜妍能几时，一朝飘泊难寻觅。花开易见落难寻，阶前愁杀葬花人；花开易见落难寻，阶前愁杀葬花人；独倚花锄泪暗洒，洒上空枝见血痕。独倚花锄泪暗洒，洒上空枝见血痕。试看春残花渐落，便是红颜老死时；试看春残花渐落，便是红颜老死时；一朝春尽红颜老，花落人亡一朝春尽红颜老，花落人亡两不知！两不知！Similarities and DifferencesSmit with those charms,that must decay,I grieve to see your future doom;They
26、died-nor were those flowers more gay,The flowers that did in Eden bloom;Unpitying frosts,and Autumns power Shall leave no vestige of this flower.If nothing once,you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between,is but an hour,The frail duration of flower.22古风古风碧荷生幽泉碧荷生幽泉碧荷生幽泉，朝日艳且
27、鲜。秋花冒绿水，密叶罗青烟。秀色空绝世，馨香为谁传。坐看飞霜满，凋此红芳年。结根未得所，愿托华池边。23The RhodoraOn being asked whence is the flower?In May,when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods,Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook,To please the desert and the sluggish brook.The purple petals,fallen in t
28、he pool,Made the black water with their beauty gay;Here might the red-birds come his plumes to cool,And court the flower that cheapens his array.24 Rhodora!If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,Tell them,dear,that if eyes were made for seeing,Then beauty is its own excuse for being:Why thou wert there,O rival of the rose!I never thought to ask,I never knew:But,in my simple ignorance,supposeThe self-same Power that brought me there brought you.25
