英语1131--诗歌

1、01 London The Most Powerful Short PoemMade by 02 010203Introduction of the AuthorBackground of this poemAnalysis of the main content04Rhetorical device of this poem 05Theme of this poem03 William Blake(1757-1827)London, England, in 1757;Borned in a poor family;An English poet, painter, and printmake

2、r;Considered to be a seminal(影响深远的）figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Age of Romanticism;Placed at number 38 in the BBCs poll of the 100 Greatest Britons in 2002;Song of Innocence天真之歌, Song of Experience经验之歌, etc.04Background 18世纪末到19世纪初是北美殖民地人民奋起反抗宗主国统治最激烈的时期。并且美国已经成功地从英国的统治

3、下挣脱出来，成立了美利坚合众国，树立起了独立的大旗。 在欧洲大陆，法国资产阶级大革命正开展的如火如荼。而在英国国内，汉诺威王朝也受到了来自国内民主和改革以及工业革命的冲击。这些事实使汉诺威王朝的政权岌岌可危，英国民众生活苦不堪言。05Why does William Blake write about London rather than other cities?06The first stanza:I wandered through each chartered street, aNear where the chartered Thames does flow, bA mark in

4、every face I meet, aMarks of weakness, marks of woe. b我走过每条独占的街道， 徘徊在独占的泰晤士河边， 我看见每个过往的行人 有一张衰弱、痛苦的脸。 Charter n. a written statement describing the rights that a particular group of people should have . 宪章 v. to state officially that a new organization , town or university has been established and h

5、as special rights and privileges. 特许设立07The second stanza:In every cry of every man, cIn every infants cry of fear, dIn every voice, in every ban, c The mind-forged manacles I hear: d 每个人的每声呼喊， 每个婴孩害怕的号叫， 每句话，每条禁令， 都响着心灵铸成的镣铐。 ban: curse mind-forged: restraints forged for the mind manacle: either on

6、e of a set of two metal rings designed to lock around a persons wrists or ankles 镣铐08The third stanza；How the chimney-sweepers cry eEvery blackening church appals, fAnd the hapless soldiers sigh eRuns in blood down palace-walls. f多少扫烟囱孩子的喊叫震惊了一座座熏黑的教堂，不幸兵士的长叹化成鲜血留下了宫墙。 blackening: the wall of the ch

7、urch was blackened by the smoke hapless: unlucky09The fourth stanza:But most, through midnight streets I hear dHow the youthful harlots curse gBlasts the new-born infants tear, d And blights with plagues the marriage-hearse. g最怕是深夜的街头又听年轻妓女的诅咒！它骇注了初生儿的眼泪又用瘟疫摧残了婚礼丧车。 harlot: a prostitute.plague: a se

8、rious and even fatal epidemic. 瘟疫hearse: a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery. 丧车10Rhetorical DevicesRepetition;Parallelism;Image(意象);Metaphor;Oxymoron.the chimney-sweeper;the hapless soldier;the youthful harlot.a vivid description of all the miseries and ills in London, including economy, religion, military, politics and other aspects of British society.11ThemeExpressing the intense dissatisfaction of the decayed(腐败的) British society;Showi