威斯敏斯特桥上赏析诗句.ppt

Composed upon westerminster bridge Earth has not anything to show more fair. Earth: here the author used earth to replace the world, which expressed the author’s expectation to the society and his misery to the reality. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by Dull: here the author seems to express those who are not touched by the scene, while he emphasized how “dull” the scenery of London. Dull would he be of soul: here the author used inverted structure to emphasize the feeling he has --------dull and miserable. This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; Now: ①“now” indicates a great contrast between the past and the present. ②“now” expressed the author’s criticism to the past and his great expectation towards the present of London. ③“now” emphasizes a very short period, which suggests the scene of industrial civilization is short. Silent, bare, ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie open unto the fields, and to the sky; Silent, bare; here the author use irony to say the London is noisy and filled with industries. ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples: all these are the production of industrial civilization. In other words, these things destroyed the natural beauty. And it express the author’s expectation to the nature. All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Smokeless: ①it indicates the time and background of this poem--industrial period. ②it also says the great pollution of heavy industrial production ironically. Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendour valley, rock, or hill;ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! Three “never”s: here, the author use three “never” to express the natural beauty of London would never come back, and it also suggests author’s misery to such a reality. And all that mighty heart is lying still! Still: the word implies that although industrialization destroys the natural beauty, all people are still and haven’t realized it. The author depicted a beautiful scene wh