《英语诗歌欣赏》小论文范文

1、精品文档enjoying english poetry courseessaystudent s name:class number:date: 2015/12/21wordsworth s view on naturebased on the reading of i wanderedlonely as a cloudche hongyuwordsworth was a british poet in the 19th century and the poet laureate since 1843 till his death in 1850. he was born and grew u

2、p in the english lake district and the beautiful scenery of his hometown nurtured his deep love for nature and his purpose of praising nature in his work. he called himself “prophet of nature ” in the prelude , and claimed that prophets of nature “will speak a lasting inspiration, sanctified by reas

3、on, blest by faith: what we have loved, others will love and we will teach them how” (wordsworth, 1979: 482), by which he meanshe, as a nature worshipper, will write about his love for nature in his work and show the readers what he loves about nature, so as to teach them how to love nature and evok

4、e their love for nature.this essay will analyze the poemi wandered lonely as a cloud from the aspects of writing background, metrical patterns, figures of speech and images so as to examine william wordsworth s view on nature.i wandered lonely as a cloud was written in 1804 and believed to be one of

5、 the most beautiful poemswritten on nature. the poet wrote this poembased on his experience on april 15th, 1802. that day, wordsworth and his sister dorothy wordsworth were walking in the lake district, to quote dorothy in grasmere journals , “it wasa threatening misty morning-but mild. we set off a

6、fter dinner the wind was furious & we thought we must have returned we first rested in the large boat-house, then under a furze bush the wind seized our breath the lake was rough. we rested again in the water millock lanewegot over into a field to avoid somecowswhen we were in the woods beyond gowba

7、rrow park we saw a few daffodils close to the water side ” (abrams, 2000: 391). it was clear that that day was a windy one, wordsworth and his sister set off for a walk after dinnerbut was frustrated by furious wind. they rested in the boathouse, undera bush, and in the water millock lane and they w

8、alked on against the wind and when they arrived at the woods, they saw the daffodils. the daffodils were beautiful and vast,“there was a long belt of them along the shore,about the breadth of a country turnpike road (abrams, 2000: 391)”. theydid not expect to see such beautiful daffodils in such a m

9、ultitude on such a rough day. “i never saw daffodils so beautiful they grew amongthe mossy stones about & about them, some rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness & the rest tossed & reeled & danced & seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over t

10、he lake, they looked so gay ever glancing ever changing (abrams, 2000: 391) ”. the daffodils are not only beautiful but also cheerful, such natural beauty cheered up the two travelers on such a windy cold day. two years later, wordsworth wrote the poem i wandered lonely as a cloud to praise nature.o

11、bviously, the theme of the poem is “nature is beautiful and wise ” as shown in daffodils. to show the beauty and charm of daffodils, the poet creates a musically beautiful poem. this poem was written in iambic tetrameter, with a rhyme scheme of ababcc. all the four stanzas follow the same metrical p

12、attern, and the whole poem is actually an ode to daffodils of the horatian type. tetrameter, shorter than pentameter, creates a cheerful rhythm and the use of traditional iambic meter ensures the soothing effect of musicality of the poem. the long vowels of au, i:, ai, ei, a: also create a comfortin

13、g, calming effect on the readers, beautifully soothing. the repetition of the lateral l sound adds to thisloving and peaceful effect. the poets use of the euphony shows how muchhe wants to show and convey to the readers the beauty of daffodils, which is also the beauty of nature.apart from the music

14、al beauty, the poet uses various figures of speech and images to further show the beauty and cheerfulness of the daffodils. at the beginning of the poem, the speaker was seen as a lonely wanderer in the hill, who was compared to “a cloud that floats on high oer vales and hills ” . but the appearance

15、 of the daffodils greatly changed his melancholy mood. he did not see just one or two daffodils, but a great many, a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils ， continuous as the stars on the milky way ”, “they stretched in never-ending line ”, “ten thousand saw i at a glance ”. the images of “crowd”, “hos

16、t ”, “never-ending line ” showed the non-loneliness of the flowers which instantly impressed the speaker. the daffodils are not only impressive in number, but also extremely cheerful, happy and inspiring. the kinesthetic images of“fluttering”,“dancing ,“shine and twinkle”, “tossing their heads in sp

17、ritely dance ”depicted vivid pictures of this“jocund ” company.nature is beautiful, as shown in the poem, but not only so. nature teaches people about the wisdom of life too. the daffodils are blooming in the rough wind, dancing, shining, fluttering against the bad weather, which tells the speaker a

18、 truth about nature: nature is naturally merry. the wind is rough, that is what the wind is; this does not stop the daffodils from remaining happy and celebrating life. the speaker wasinfluenced by the cheerfulness of nature and forgot his loneliness. even upon retrospection, when the speaker was“in

19、 vacant or in pensive mood”,the wisdom taught by nature s beauty still came back to him, “they flash upon that inward eye/which is the bliss of solitude” and this inspiredhim and worked a wonder on him, and he became happy.to conclude, wordsworth loves nature and believes nature is not only beautifu

20、l, but also wise. he, as a poet, takes“praising nature” as hismission and tries to be the“prophet of nature”. he uses the persona toexpress his faith in and love for nature in this poem. hebelieves if people try to appreciate nature s beauty, take in nature s wisdom, humbly accept nature s nurturing

21、, people will be wise and happy.note: all the quotations of the poemi wandered lonely as a cloud are from 英语诗歌欣赏 ， 蒲度戎主编，2008，重庆：重庆大学出版社。references1. abrams, m. h., 2000, the norton anthology of english literature , 7 th edition, volume 2. new york: w. w. norton & company, inc.2. wordsworth, w., 1979, the prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850. new york: w. w. norton &company, inc.格式要求：正文之前的格式：请直接用模板正文格式：字体：英文times newroman, 中文宋体；字号：小四；行距： 20 磅（正文开始）4 欢迎下载。精品文档欢迎您的下载,资料仅供套考!致力为企业和个人提供合同协议， 策划案计划书，学习资料等等打造全网一站式需求5欢迎下载