英国文学 III.ppt

Death general questions about the urn (Stanza1) one side of the urn: piper and lovers(Stanza2) lamentation: envy of the happiness of the piper and the lovers(Stanza3)the other side of the urn: people going to a sacrifice ritual(Stanza4)lamentation: Beauty is truth, truth beauty; human life is short while art lasts (Stanza5) Rhyme: poetry Leaf-fringed legend: The sculpture on the urn has a border of leaves bout it suggesting a woodland scene Loath: unwilling, disinclined Timbrels: small shallow drums Sensual ear: physical ear Ditties: short simple songs Winning near: approaching She be fair: she will be fair Still: ever more and more Panting: yearning Cloyed: wearied Parching: dry and thirsty Sacrifice: the act of offering to a god for the purpose of homage(敬意). Heifer: a young cow Lowing at the skies: crying toward the sky Silken flanks with garlands dressed: sides(两肋） as smooth as silk and decked with garlands. Mountain-built: built on the mountain Peaceful citadel: fortress which looks so calm and quiet. Pious morn: morning for religious devotion ……. And not a soul….. Not a man can ever return to tell why the town is emptied of the people. Fair attitude: lovely form, pleasing appearance. With brede/ Of marble men and maidens overwrought: worked all over with embroidery or design of marble men and maidens Tease us out of thought: load us to transcend human thought 使人精神陶醉，超脱尘念 Waste: wear away Ode to an Grecian Urn shows the contrast between the permanence of art and the transience of human passion. Here the poet gave his commentary on a Greek vase which, as a relic of ancient culture, caught his imagination. On the surface of the vase there was an ornamental band of sculpture with figures of trees, pipes and lovers on it. Though they were quiet forms, they possessed the beauty, the significance and the eternity of art which appealed to Keats. pipes and lovers on it. Though they were quiet forms, they possessed the beauty, the significance and the eternity