William Blake——London赏析英文版(威廉布莱克 《伦敦》评析).doc

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1、LondonIwanderthro’eachcharter’dstreet,Nearwherethecharter’dThamesdoesflow.AndmarkineveryfaceImeetMarksofweakness,marksofwoe.IneverycryofeveryMan,IneveryInfantscryoffear,Ineveryvoice:ineveryban,Themind-forg’dmanaclesIhearHowtheChimney-sweeperscryEvery

2、black’ningChurchappalls,AndthehaplessSoldierssighRunsinblooddownPalacewallsButmostthro’midnightstreetsIhearHowtheyouthfulHarlotscurseBlaststhenew-bornInfantstearAndblightswithplaguestheMarriagehearseThepoemLondonwaswrittenbytheBritishpoetandengraverW

3、illiamBlake.Ithas4quatrainswithalternativelinesrhyming.Writteniniambicpentameter,thepoemisbeautifullyrhymed.LondondealswiththedreadfulsceneintheindustrializedLondoninthe18thcentury.Inthefirststanza,Blakegivesanoverviewofthecityandsuccessfullycreatest

4、hegloomy,darkandsuffocatingatmosphere.Blakeappliesvariedrhetoricaldevicesinthepoem,ofwhichthemoststrikingandsignificantisrepetition.Forexample,theword“chartered”isreiteratedinline1andline2toemphasizethefactthatthestreetsandriverareownedbythewealthyup

5、perclass.Andtheword“mark”occursin“markineveryfaceImeet”(line3)and“markofweakness,markofwoe”(line4).Thetransitionoftheword“mark”fromverbtonounmanifeststhechangeofobservationtonoticeablesigns.EverypersonBlakemeetsinLondonisdesperateandfeeble.Whatahorri

6、blesceneitis!Repeatedappearanceoftheword“every“inthesecondstanzastressestheideathateveryonesuffersfrommisery.Blakehearsthecryofthegrown-ups,andoftheinfantsinfear.Blakeperceivesthedestructiverestrictionsonpeople’smindcausedbylawandrules.“Mind-forgedma

7、nacle”isametaphor.Blakecompareslimitationswithmanacles.TheexpressionthatBlakehears“manacles”issynesthesia.InthethirdstanzaBlakesatirizesthechurchandthemonarchies.Thechurchwallsarebecomingblackbecauseofpollution;thesoundofcryingfromthechimneysweepersc

8、ombineswiththesighofsoldiersarousesafeelingoffearandscareinme.Onaccountofrelentlesswarfare,soldier’sbloodrunsdownfrompalacewallswhere.Thethoughtofthecolorofscarletcontrastingwiththepalewallsmakesmeshivering.Duringthemidnight,thepoetwondersthroughstre