英美文学欣赏robertfrost课件

1、Life Born in San Francisco, California. In 1897,when Frost was 23,he entered Harvard University. Frost studied at Harvard for two years, but left without receiving a degree due to family problems and poor health. 牛牛文库文档分享 In1912 Frost took his wife and four young children to England,and he was 38 at

2、 that time.Forsts familyLife 牛牛文库文档分享Frost was writing In 1913,his first book of poetry, A Boys Will少年的意志, was published . After that he published North of Boston波士顿以北,The work was highly praised by British criticsLife 牛牛文库文档分享 As World War I began, Frost returned to America in 1915 and bought a far

3、m in Franconia, New Hampshire(新罕布什尔州 ), where he launched a career of writing, teaching, and lecturing. Life 牛牛文库文档分享 In 1930 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1958 he was poetry consultant for the Library of Congress.Life 牛牛文库文档分享 He died of a heart attack in Boston in

4、1963 when he was 89. Frosts tombLife 牛牛文库文档分享 Frost was considered as a kind of poet laureate 桂冠诗人 of the US. Frost was awarded the Pulitzer prize(普利策奖)four times.Life 牛牛文库文档分享Characters of his poems Frost is a poet particular as to technique and artistry, he did not follow the free verse(自由诗)fashio

5、n of his contemporaries. He was traditional in form, and his poetic language was plain, clearly conveying a feeling in harmony with nature. 牛牛文库文档分享 Frosts poems show deep appreciation of natural world and sensibility about the human aspirations. Frost often used the rhythms and vocabulary of ordina

6、ry speech.Characters of his poems 牛牛文库文档分享 His images-woods, stars, houses are usually taken from everyday life. All these images reflect the poets love for nature and life, his sad experience in life and the influence religion exerted upon western peoples daily life. Characters of his poems 牛牛文库文档分

7、享The Road Not Taken未选择的路Fire and Ice火与冰Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening雪夜林边小驻Mending Wall补墙Nothing Gold Can Stay美景易逝West-Running Brook西去的溪流A Further Range又一片牧场After Apple-Picking摘苹果之后The Birches白桦树Works 牛牛文库文档分享The Road Not Taken未选择的路 牛牛文库文档分享The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood

8、,And sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had

9、worn them really about the same. 黄叶林中分出两条小路，可惜我一人不能同时涉足,我在路口伫立良久，向着其中一条翘首极目，直到它消失在丛林深处。但我选择了另一条路，芳草待踏，分外幽寂 同样显得诱人、美丽，虽然这两条路是如此相似,都几乎没有旅人的足迹。 牛牛文库文档分享And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled byAnd that has made all the difference. 那天清晨落叶满地，两条都是未经脚步践踏的小径，呵，留下一条路等下次再走但我知道路径延绵没有尽头,恐怕一走就再难回首