A Psalm of life 赏析.ppt

Longfellow wrote predominantly?lyric poems, known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses. Longfellow family faith was Unitarian. Longfellow was influenced by his Unitarian beliefs, his association with New England Transcendentalists, and the Romantic literary movement he encountered in Europe. He believed that the vitality and originality of American literature must depend upon the nations natural environment and distinct history, as opposed to the long-standing cultural and social traditions that informed European literature. Longfellows poetry fell out of critical favor at the beginning of the twentieth century with the rise of literary modernism and its preoccupation with psychology, social dislocation, and political ideology. Despite his often-sentimental tone, Longfellow remains popular for his evocation of a vanishing America, its landscapes and occupations, and his simple affection for humanity. Longfellow was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Oxford and Cambridge universities, and after his death was the first American to be included in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey in London. Works 1) Voices of the Night (1839) ?夜吟? his first collection of poems 2) Ballads and Other Poems (1841) ?歌谣及其他? Ballads and Other Poem contains: (1 The Village Blacksmith 《乡村铁匠》 (2 A Psalm of Life 《人生礼赞》 (3 The Skeleton in Aromor 《铠甲骷髅》 3) Evangeline ?伊凡吉林? 4) Hiawatha, based on American Indian legends. ?海华沙之歌? 5) Tales of a Wayside Inn ?路畔旅舍的故事? 6) His translation of Divine Comedy 《神曲》of Dante Poem appreciation Poetic form and structure It consists of nine quatrains, rhymed abab, cdcd, efef It can be divided into four parts part one: (stanza 1-3) Part two: (stanza 4-6) part three:(stan