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Brief Introduction A. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born at the familys homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 Her father was a famous lawyer and politician. B. She received college education. C. She lived a leisure and simple life and kept single all her life. She enjoyed gardening and writing and tried to avoid visitors. D. She wrote 1775 poems, but only seven of them published in her life time. E. Before her death, she asked her sister to burn all her poems. However, her sister published those beautiful poems. Three Important Men in her Life Benjamin F. Newton, Her father’s apprentice. Although their relationship was probably not romantic, he was a formative influence and Emily regarded him as her tutor, preceptor or master Charles Wadsworth, the clergymen. She variously referred to him as my Philadelphia, my Clergyman, my dearest earthly friend and my Shepherd from Little Girlhood’ Thomas Higginson, the editor. Dickinson valued his advice, going from calling him Mr. Higginson to Dear friend as well as signing her letters Your Gnome and Your Scholar” Major themes viewpoints Religious views: doubts about the existence of God and the realization of after-life. Ideas on love : unhappiness, passion Ideas on nature: simple and harmonious Ideas on death: immortality . counted : considered neer = never(诗中为了节奏而做的缩写)　　　　　　　　　　　 comprehend : understand nectar : 玉液琼浆。 sorest : 极度的。 purple : 皇家的(imperial);绚丽的(gorgeous) host : (1)大群(2)(古用法)大军。 took the flag : 得胜(夺得敌军之旗)。 forbidden ear : 受禁止的耳朵，即：耳朵不准听(那胜利的凯歌)。理由可能有二：(1)人已垂死，(2)是别人的凯歌。 strains : (通常用复数形)一段音乐或歌声 break : make known(特指坏消息的告知)。 agonized : expressing great pain。 第二、三两节共八行只是一句。主要结构是：Not one...can tell the definition...of victory so clear as he...。 Comments, Stanza 2 This stanza introduces military imagery: purple Host (army) and took the Flag (captured the flag, signifying victory), but it cannot stand alone as a completed observation. Rather, it requires the third