1、Loveliest of Trees 2
3、The Chimney-Sweeper,1789 7
4、On Stella's Birthday March 13, 1727 by Jonathan Swift 10
5、My last duchess 13
6、The love song of j. Alfred prufrock 17
7、Heat 24
8、The Red Wheelbarrow 24
9.、"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" 28
10、“It is a beauteous evening, calm and free” 34
11、A little learning is a dangerous thing 39
12、"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave," 39
13、William Blake - London 42
14、Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock 50
15、Fire and Ice 53
16、The eagle 60
18、Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day 63
19、The Poem, "A Red, Red Rose" 68
20、It Dropped So Low in My Regard 70
21、To His Coy Mistress, 72
23、Death Be Not Proud by John Donne 76
24、Anecdote of the Jar 79
25、“I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—...” 83
26、A Noiseless Patient Spider 87
27、The Sick Rose 90
28、 "The Road Not Taken" 97
29、the Boston Evening Transcript 101
30、uphill 102
31、The Second Coming (poem) 104
32. Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies 110
33、blow,blow,thou winter wind 111
34、To-- 113
35、splendor falls on castle walls 113
36、God's Grandeur 115
37、Song 120
38、Virtue" 124
39、the oak 127
40、When I was One-and-Twenty 127
41、oh,who is that young sinner 130
42、Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 130
43、the voice 135
44、to be or not to be 135
45、on what foundation stands 137
46、to the virgins,to make much of time 137
47、sonnet 75 139
49、with music strong i come 144
50、Me Up at Does 146
51、The Passionate Shepherd to His Love 147
21. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 149
52.in time of the breaking of nations . 155
53、"Nothing Gold Can Stay 156
55. we all behold with envious eyes 164
56、Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 164
1、Loveliest of Trees
Tone: Houseman’s attitude to the cherry flowers is clearly one of admiration and appreciation. Apart from using the word “ loveliest”, he has chosen happy details like “ bloom along the bough” and “wearing white for Eastertide”.
Type of Work:"Loveliest of Trees" is a lyric poem focusing on appreciating the beauty of nature year-round.
Themes:.You will not live forever. Therefore, make the most of the opportunities of the moment. For example, if it is winter, do not sit indoors to await the springtime blooming of the loveliest of trees, the cherry. Instead, seize the opportunity to view the trees now, when the trees blossom with snow..The Roman poet Horace wrote, "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Loosely translated, this sentence says, "Seize the day rather than placing your trust in the future." Over the centuries, the words carpe diem, or seize the day, gained widespread currency among poets and other writers as a term for urging readers to make the most of present opportunities.
Warm Up to Winter:.Implicit in the poem's meaning is that spring and its warm-weather cousin, summer, hold no monopoly on beauty. In the fall, fields and forests blazon with color--the red of the apple, the orange of the pumpkin, and the russet or gold of the leaf. In the winter, the landscape is a work of art, with pendent icicles, frosted meadows, or drifting snow.
See the Beauty in People: One may interpret the cherry tree as a metaphor for children. In their innocence and purity, they are like the white cherry blossoms, and are always delightful to observe and be around. In this interpretation, summer represents young adulthood; autumn, middle age; and winter; old age and death. Each age has its beauty--even old age, when the soul shines through the eyes with the wisdom of accumulated experience.