丁尼生 break break break 赏析

丁尼生breakbreakbreak赏析CommentonAlfredTennyson’s“Break,Break,Break”.BeforeIread‘BreakBreakBreak’IjustthinkAlfredTennysonjustaselfishpeople.Heaskedtoomuchfromthewomen.Hewasveryold-fashioned.ButwhenIreadaboutthepoem‘BreakBreakBreak’Ifoundthispersonhastoomuchfeelingabouthisfriend.NowIwanttointroduceyouthisbeautifulpoem.‘BreakBreakBreak’isalyricpoem(Alyricpoemoftenhasapleasingmusicalquality.ThewordlyricderivesfromtheGreekwordforlyre,astringedinstrumentinusesinceancienttimes.)thatAlfredTennysonwascompletedin1834.ItwrittenbyTennysonwhenhejustlosthisfriend---ArthurHallam.Thispoempresentsthedeepfeelingsandemotionsofthepoet’sexperiment.Whenyoufirstreadthispoem,youjustthinkit’sjustastoryaboutthehappylifebesidethesea.Butifyoureallycomedownyouwillfindthedeepfeelinginthat.First,letmeintroduceyouthewriterandhisfriend.AlfredbegantowritepoetryatanearlyageinthestyleofLordByron.Afterspendingfourunhappyyearsinschoolhewastutoredathome.WhenhestudiedatTrinityCollege,Cambridge,hejoinedtheliteraryclubandmadefriendswithArthurHallam.ArthurHallamisapromisingpoetwhohadbeenengagedtoTennyson’ssister.Hallamdiedwhenhewasonly22inanaccident.ThatalmostkilledTennysonfromthataccidenthedidn’twriteanywordsalmosttenyears.Thenhewrotethehymnbook‘InMemoriam’toshowhissadness.Thispoemjustchosefrom‘InMemoriam’justtorememberhisbestfriend.Sointhispoemwecanknowthatbreaknotonlymeansthewavecrashedintoashorebutalsomeansthebrokeninauthor’sheart.Poetusethecoldandpermanentoceancomparedwiththelifeofhisbestfriends’.Ofcourseoceanwillnevermournforlosinganyone.Itiscoldandindifferent.Everyone’slifecarrieson.Nobodycanfeelthedeepsadinhisheart.Wecanreadthismovingfeelinginthesituationoffisherman'sboyhappilyplayingwithhissister,thesailormerrilysinging.everyonewashappyexceptthepoetlonelyandhelpless.Hewassodowncastandisolatedbyhisgrief.Hewantedtotouchthehandofhisfriendandwantedtohearthesoundofhisvoiceoncemore.But,thereisnobodynoticedthatHallamisgoneforeverandhissadnesscan’tbringhimreturnagain.Soatthelastofthepoemwecanhearthepoem’sshout:“Howcouldtheworldbesocruelandunfeeling?”Hallam’sdeathimpresseduponTennyson:howpricelessyouthis.Hejustliketheoldman,lostthepatientandhappiness.Hecan’tfeeltheother’shappyevenhatethem.Thesunmayshinethebirdsmaysingandtheseawillriseandfall,butallofthesehedidn’twanttofeel.Sohelamentsthiscoldindifferencein“Break,Break,Break.”Maybetheseawillcontinuebuthisfriendwasgone.Sointhelastofthepoemhesaid:“Break,break,break,Atthefootofthycrags,OSea!ButthetendergraceofadaythatisdeadWillnevercomebacktome.”Thispartjustshowhishopelessandmemoryofmissing.