十四行詩18英文賞析-莎士比亞

1、莎士比亞的第18首十四行詩的英文賞析我能否將你比作夏天？你比夏天更美麗溫婉。狂風(fēng)將五月的蓓蕾凋殘，夏日的勾留何其短暫。休戀那麗日當(dāng)空，轉(zhuǎn)眼會(huì)云霧迷蒙。休嘆那百花飄零，催折于無常的天命。唯有你永恒的夏日常新，你的美貌亦毫發(fā)無損。死神也無緣將你幽禁，你在我永恒的詩中長存。只要世間尚有人吟誦我的詩篇，這詩就將不朽，永葆你的芳顏。這首詩的藝術(shù)特點(diǎn)首先是在于它有著雙重主題：一是贊美詩人愛友的美貌，二是歌頌了詩歌藝術(shù)的不朽力量。其次就是詩人在詩中運(yùn)

2、用了新穎的比喻，但又自然而生動(dòng)。Son18oftenalternatelytitledShallIcomparetheetoasummersdayisoneofthebestknownof154sonswrittenbytheEnglishplaywrightpoetWilliamShakespeare.PartoftheFairYouthsequence(whichcomprisessons1126intheacceptednumbe

3、ringstemmingfromthefirsteditionin1609)itisthefirstofthecycleaftertheopeningsequencenowdescribedastheProcreationsons.Mostscholarsnowagreethattheiginalsubjectofthepoemthebelovedtowhomthepoetiswritingisamalethoughthepoemisc

4、ommonlyusedtodescribeawoman.Inthesonthepoetcompareshisbelovedtothesummerseasonarguesthathisbelovedisbetter.Thepoetalsostatesthathisbelovedwillliveonfeverthroughthewdsofthepoem.ScholarshavefoundparallelswithinthepoemtoOvi

5、dsTristiaAmesbothofwhichhavelovethemes.Son18iswritteninthetypicalShakespeareansonfmhaving14linesofiambicpentameterendinginarhymedcouplet.Detailedexegeseshaverevealedseveraldoublemeaningswithinthepoemgivingitagreaterdepth

6、ofinterpretation.Son18isatypicalEnglishShakespeareanson.Itconsistsofthreequatrainsfollowedbyacouplethastheacteristicrhymescheme:ababcdcdefefgg.ThepoemcarriesthemeaningofanItalianPetrarchanSon.Petrarchansonstypicallydiscu

7、ssedthelovebeautyofabelovedoftenanunattainablelovebutnotalways.[5]Italsocontainsavoltashiftinthepoemssubjectmatterbeginningwiththethirdquatrain.AfacsimileoftheiginalprintingofSon18.Thepoemstartswithalineofadationtothebel

8、oved—“ShallIcomparetheetoasummersday“Thespeakerthengoesontosaythatthebelovedbeingdescribedisboth“melovelymetemperate“thanasummersday.Thespeakerlistssomethingsthatarenegativeaboutsummer.Itistoosht—“summersleasehathallisno

9、wcontrastedinthesenextfourlinesbeginningwith“But.”Althoughbeautynaturallydeclinesatsomepoint―”everyfairfromfairsometimedeclines”―theyouth’sbeautywillnothisunchangingappearanceisatypicalofnature’ssteadyprogression.Evendea

10、thisimpotentagainsttheyouth’sbeauty.Notetheambiguityinthephrase“eternallines”:Arethese“l(fā)ines”thepoet’sversestheyouth’shopedfchildrenaretheysimplywrinklesmeanttorepresenttheprocessofagingWhatevertheanswerthepoetisjubilant

11、inthissonbecausenothingthreatenstheyoungman’sbeautifulappearance.Son18isthefirstpoeminthesonsnottoexplicitlyencouragetheyoungmantohavechildren.The“procreation“sequenceofthefirst17sonsendedwiththespeakersrealizationthatth

12、eyoungmanmightnotneedchildrentopreservehisbeautyhecouldalsolivethespeakerwritesattheendofSon17“inmyrhyme.“Son18thenisthefirst“rhyme“thespeakersfirstattempttopreservetheyoungmansbeautyfalltime.Animptantthemeoftheson(asiti

13、sanimptantthemethroughoutmuchofthesequence)isthepowerofthespeakerspoemtodefytimelastfevercarryingthebeautyofthebeloveddowntofuturegenerations.Thebeloveds“eternalsummer“shallnotfadepreciselybecauseitisembodiedintheson:“So

14、longasmencanbreatheeyescansee“thespeakerwritesinthecouplet“Solonglivesthisthisgiveslifetothee.“大多數(shù)莎學(xué)家認(rèn)為，是作者贊美好友的超常之美的。這首詩一開始，便用了夏天、五月的花苞和太陽，這些時(shí)間空間里最美好的事物，來和好友相比，認(rèn)為它們都有一定的局限，不及好友。從總的方面相較，好友比夏天更可愛更溫和；具體地說，夏季的花五月的花苞易被狂風(fēng)吹落，夏

15、日的太陽過分熾熱，又常被遮暗。在比較中，進(jìn)而指出一切美的事物，隨著時(shí)光的流轉(zhuǎn)、自然的變化，終難避免凋落。你雖勝過鮮花與夏陽，但是你那俊美的儀容仍有銷蝕之虞。怎么辦呢？詩是永恒的，只有把你寫入我的詩中，你才會(huì)在這不朽的藝術(shù)里得到永生。你那俊美的儀容不會(huì)失去，你的永恒之夏也不會(huì)褪色。人們只要能呼吸、有感受，就會(huì)從詩中賞識到你的美，就連死神也不能夸說，說你在他的陰影里面走著。這首詩善作比擬，且結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)而多層次。先以夏與好友相比，繼而由夏花、夏