TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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( ~: h3 [1 L6 I4 H- A如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?
% Y3 J6 Z1 \, o5 x3 S; ]* T一个天才横空出世,脚下不知道有多少个被当做阶梯的过气天才。龙萨的诗符合文艺复兴的意气风发,现在读来很难代入;叶芝的诗更适合女权意识开始觉醒和高涨的维多利亚时代,现在读来也不过时。/ g4 r$ H6 e0 `' ~+ Y
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. E) S/ @* Y: a2 O* nSonnet to Helen& X7 K9 p+ x# g2 @
By Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,
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read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ. q. O+ r( y% C) _
this praise for me when I was beautiful."! z1 r' c8 f0 i* H8 {( [
And not a maid but at the sound of it,
# r, N- @) F' U& _3 e though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
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I shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,
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but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,% z: a4 D) [# c2 I0 _9 p
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.1 P- L4 M" j! R7 a& z. h
And what comes to-morrow who can say?
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原作者龙萨Ronsard是法国首位诗歌王子(相当于英国的桂冠诗人),这首诗写于1552年,明世宗嘉靖三十一年,比光绪年间出道的叶芝早了三百多年。这是他的成名作,叶芝读的应该是法语版,这里就不拿出来了。两首诗的对比,是英语文学课上的一个好题目。网上有位老师布置了这个作业(链接在此),回答很踊跃,也很有启发。最近看了看高考题,要能这么出题,那才是进步。 |
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