The Harbor.pptVIP

The Harbor On a blue burst of lake,Long lake waves breaking under the sunOn a spray-flung curve of shore;And a fluttering storm of gulls,Masses of great gray wingsAnd flying white belliesVeering and wheeling free in the open 穿过拥挤的人群和丑陋的街区， 门廊里妇女们饥饿深陷的眼睛 带着饥饿魔掌的阴影 向行人张望。 离开拥挤的人群和丑陋的街墙， 突然间发现我已到了城市的边沿。 在蓝色的湖里 湖水波涌在阳光下闪现， 沿着那浪花飞溅的湖湾。 一群飞起的海鸥， 一片硕大的灰色翅膀， 飞翔中的白色肚皮 在空中一会儿变向一会儿滑翔。 In the poem, the poet imagines himself to be a creek, running through the inner city of Chicago to the shore. On the way to the harbor, he sees two drastically different scenes. Inner city VS. The shore Inner city —— dirty, dark, full of hunger and poverty Passing through huddled and ugly wallsBy doorways where womenLooked from their hunger-deep eyes,Haunted with shadows of hunger-hands,Out from the huddled and ugly walls, I came sudden, at the citys edge, The shore —— bright, free, lively On a blue burst of lake,Long lake waves breaking under the sunOn a spray-flung curve of shore;And a fluttering storm of gulls,Masses of great gray wingsAnd flying white belliesVeering and wheeling free in the open Imagism images (walls, women’s eyes and hands VS. lake, sun, gulls’ wings and bellies) to form a sharp contrast By presenting these vivid images, the poet expresses his eager to return to nature and his optimism to freedom though the reality is cruel. * * Passing through huddled and ugly wallsBy doorways where womenLooked from their hunger-deep eyes,Haunted with shadows of hunger-hands,Out from the huddled and ugly walls, I came sudden, at the citys edge, *