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1、英美文学欣赏考题整理及答案PartOne:Eng1ishPoetryShakespeareSonnet18Whydoesthepoetcomparetheetoasummer,sday?Andwhocou1dtheebe?Becausesummer1sdayandtheebothrepresentbeauty.theecou1dbebeauty,1ove.WhatpicturehaveyougotofEng1ishsummer,andcou1dyouexp1ainwhy?Warmrbeautifu1,sunshine.Becausesummeristhebestseasonofayearzth

2、emostbeautifu1season.Itis1ikeourMay.Howdoesthepoetanswerthequestionheputsforthinthefirst1ine?Theeismorebeautifu1thansummer.Whatmakesthepoetthinkthatthoucanbemorefairthansummerandimmorta1?Becausehumanismismoreeterna1thansummerandimmorta1.Whatfiguresofspeechareusedinthispoem?Simi1ezmetaphor;personific

3、ation,oxymoronandsoon.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?1oveconquersa11,Beauty1iveson.2.ThomasNasheSpringReadthepoemcarefu11y,payattentiontothoseimagebearingwords,andseehowmanyimagesthepoetcreatedinthepoemandwhatsenseimpressionsyoucangetfromthoseimages.ThereisnBIoomseachthing,maidsdanceinaringztheprettybirdsd

4、osingzthepa1mandmaymakecountryhousesgayz1ambsfriskandp1ay,theshepherdspipea11day,Andwehearayebirdstunethismerry1ay,Thefie1dsbreathesweetzthedaisieskissourfeet,Young1oversmeet,o1dwivesa-sunningsit,Ineverystreetthesetunesburearsdogreet!”TheZ/Young1oversmeet,o1dwivesa-sunningsit,impressionsmemostbecaus

5、eoftheharmonyofthepeop1esre1ationship.Canyoupointoutandexp1ainthesoundandtheirmusica1effectinthepoem?InthePoemzeachsectionhasfourIineszeach1inehastensy11ab1es(fivetonestep).Inordertogivethereaderaspringbreeze,streams,f1owers,winding,SongXintextureofsoundand1ightf1avor;NaixigreaterusesEng1ishwordS,z,

6、f,V,R,1,andGconsonantsmeans.InNaixi,spoemztheuseofphono1ogica1isa1soveryharmonious,verysmooth,veryme11ow.SectionIofthepoetryhasThreepairsing,sectionIIofthepoemhasthreepairseiandthethirdquarterhasthreepairsi:.DonneAVa1ediction:ForbiddingMourningWhatisa“va1ediction“anyway?Isthespeakerinthepoemabouttod

7、ie?Whydoesthespeakerforbidmourning?Nozitisaboutthe1overs,separation.Asthepoemmetaphors,thepoetbe1ievedheandhiswifes1oveissacred,hedidnzthopetheycrywhenseparationcomes,1ettheir1ovebestainedbytheordinaryandmundane.2.Exp1ainthemetaphorsinthepoem.InthefirstversezthepoetusedvirtuousmenzsdeathmetaphorforI

8、oversrseparation,inthethirdverseheusedmovingoftheearthandtrepidationofthespheres0metaphorforIoverszseparationandtheresu1tofseparation,inthe1astthreeverseheusedstifftwincompassestwo1egsmetaphorforpoethimse1fandhiswife.A11thesemetaphorsshowpoetopinionthathewi11separatefromhiswifeinpeace,their1oveisasc

9、aredIovezwhentheyawayfromeachother,theywi11notbehurtbythepainoftheseparation.Heandhiswifewi11notrea11yseparate.Theycareabouteachotherand1istentotheotherone,sheart,theirtrustand1oya1tymakestheir1oveperfect1ikethecirc1emadebyatwincompasses.B1akeTheTigerWhatisthesymbo1icmeaningofthetiger?Thesymbo1ofthe

10、Tigerisunc1earwhatitexact1ysymbo1izes,butscho1arshavehypothesizedthattheTigercou1dbeinspiration,thedivinezartisticcreation,history,thesub1ime,orvisionitse1f.The1istisa1mostinfinite.Thepointis,theTigerisimportantandB1akezSpoembare1y1imitsthepossibi1ities.Herearetwomajorsymbo1isms:Thetigeristheembodim

11、entofGodspowerincreation.ThetigershowstheforceofFrenchRevo1ution.Whatparadoxcanyoufindinthepoem?Didhewhomadethe1ambmakethee?Itcha11engestheone-trackre1igiousviewsofthe18scentury.Theviewon1yconc1udedthatgodcreatetheIamezheissokindafather.Butitdidntknowgoda1socreatethetoughtiger.Hecana1sobeveryserious

12、.Thegodissomeonewhocanztbetru1yunderstoodbyhumanbeings.BurnsARed,RedRoseHowdosethenarratorinthe1ovesongexpresshis1ove?Instanza1,thenarratorpresentstwosimi1es,thefirstcomparinghis1ovetoaroseandthesecondcomparinghis1ovetoame1ody.Instanza2,thenarratoraddressestheyoung1adyasbonnie.Inthe1ast1ineofthestan

13、za,hepresentshyperbo1e,afigureofspeechthatexaggerates.Instanza3,themanpromiseseterna11oveforher.Instanza4,thepoetvowsto1oveherhoweverfarhemaygo.Whyisthispoemsotouchingtothereaders?Becausethispoemprofessesthepoetzstrue1oveforhisbe1ovedgir1zandusesthementionedabovetotouchthereaders.WordsworthIWandered

14、1one1yasaC1oudWhatdoesthepoetsee?Heseessomedaffodi1s.Whatisthepoet,smoodbeforeheseesthedaffodi1s?Vacantandpensive.Whatisthepoet,smoodafterheseesthedaffodi1s?Heisveryp1easant.Howdoesthemagica1changeoccur?Thosedaffodi1sshowafantasticpicturetothepoetzandthepoethasbeendeep1yaffectedbythescene,andhismood

15、changes.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?Orwhatdoesthepoetwanttote11you?Itshowsthebeautyofnature,andthenature7sbeautyup1iftsthehumanspirit,andtheharmonybetweenhumanandnature.BrowningMy1astDuchess1. Inthispoemzwhoandonwhatoccasionisspeakingtowhom?TheDukeisthespeakerofthepoem,andte11susheisentertaininganemissa

16、rywhohascometonegotiatetheDukezsmarriage(hehasrecent1ybeenwidowed)tothedaughterofanotherpowerfu1fami1y.WhatsortofpersonistheDukezs1astDuchess?Sheiskindzeasy-goingzinnocentand1ive1y.Andwhatbecameofherintheend?Shebecameveryupsetandworrying.TheduchessdiedundersuspiciouscircumstancesonApri121,1561jUSttwoyearsafterhemarriedher.Shemayhavebeenpoisoned.2.