阅读下面这首由美国诗人爱默生写的诗歌
阅读下面这首由美国诗人爱默生写的诗歌,然后用英语写篇评价这首诗的短文。
A Nation’s Strength
Ralph Wall Emerson
Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly;
They build a nation’s pillar deep
And lift them to the sky.
,思路讲解,
反复地阅读这首诗歌,我们注意到英语诗也有着严格的节奏和韵律。在这首诗的两个段落中,每段都是四行,第一行与第三行含有八个音节,第二行与第四行有六个音节。第一段的一、三行的尾韵压在[eik]上;二、四两行的尾韵压在[RN]上。第二段的一、三两行的尾韵压在 [I:p]上,而二、四两行的尾韵压在[[i]上。由此可见英语诗也是很讲究节奏与音韵上的美感,读起来朗朗上口。
这首是的题目为《民族的力量》,在这首诗里诗人热情地讴歌了那些为了真理和荣誉无私无畏地奋斗着的中坚力量,
诗歌诗这样赞美这些英雄的:
不是黄金,只有人
才能使民族伟大而强盛;
为了真理,为了荣誉
他们意志坚定,历尽艰辛。
他们无所畏惧,别人睡觉他们做工,
别人逃遁他们大显神勇;
他们深深地埋下民族的支柱,
并将石柱举起支撑天空。
这样比较完整地理解了这首诗歌,再写就比较容易了。
,写作范例,
A Review of the Poem A Nation’s Strength
The poem entitled A Nation’s Strength was written by an American poet named Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this poem he warmly sang high praises of the backbones of a great nation, who, for the sake of the truth and honor, fight and work selflessly and fearlessly.
This poem clearly shows the great image of the nation’s backbone: who stand fast and suffer long for truth and honor’s
sake, and who work while others sleep. Therefore, they build a nation’s pillar deep, and make a people great strong. After
reading this poem, I am determined to become a member of the nation’s backbone when I grow up.
Though the poem is short, the ideas it expresses are deep. The language in the poem is simple, but the rhythm and the rhyme are not only beautiful but easy to read aloud and learn by heart.