课件：常耀信美国文学讲义.ppt

His works in Just O sweet spontaneous About his poetry --- “unpoetic” subjects as subject matter --- He consistently celebrated the ordinary, reviled pretentiousness, scourged [sk?:d?] conformity, experimented boldly with words and syntax and diction, and wrote some of the most erotic and tender love poetry in the English language. Dubbed by Ezra Pound as “one living descendant” of Whitman. Cumming sang of himself and of America in a unique voice, as resonant now as it was a half-century ago.  THANK YOU SUCCESS * * 可编辑 The literal meaning of this poem by Robert Frost is pretty obvious. A traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go to continue his journey. After much mental debate, the traveler picks the road less traveled by.The figurative meaning is not too hidden either. The poem describes the tough choices people stand for when traveling the road of life. The words sorry and sigh make the tone of poem somewhat gloomy. The traveler regrets leaves the possibilities of the road not chosen behind. He realizes he probably wont pass this way again. Questions for discussion: I. What do you think the “two diverged roads” refers to? II. Which sentence impresses you most? And why? A Simple Analysis: About the poem, Frost asserted, You have to be careful of that one; its a tricky poem - very tricky. And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, one that to the undiscerning eye seems to be encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led. But a close reading of the poem proves otherwise. It does not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.  T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) ---a poet, dramatist, and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Among his most famous writings are the poems The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock , The Was