-WilliamBlake威廉.布萊克London

-WilliamBlake威廉.布萊克London

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-WilliamBlake

Iwanderthrougheachcharteredstreet,

NearwherethecharteredThamesdoesflow,

AndmarkineveryfaceImeetMarksofweakness,marksofwoe.

Ineverycryofeveryman,

Ineveryinfant‘scryoffear,Ineveryvoice,ineveryban,，Themind-forgedmanaclesIhearHowthechimney-sweeper‘scryEveryblackeningchurchappals;Andthehaplesssoldier‘ssighRunsinblooddownpalacewalls.

ButmostthroughmidnightstreetsIhearHowtheyouthfulharlot‘scurseBlaststhenew-borninfant‘stear,Andblightswithplaguesthemarriagehearse.

London

-WilliamBlLondon

-WilliamBlake

我走過每條獨占的街道，

徘徊在獨占的泰晤士河邊，

我看見每個過往的行人

有一張衰弱、痛苦的臉。

每個人的每升呼聲，

每個嬰孩害怕的號叫

每句話，每條禁令，

都響著心靈鑄成的鐐銬。

多少掃煙囪孩子的喊叫

震驚了一座座熏黑的教堂；

不幸兵士的長嘆

化成鮮血留下宮墻。

最怕是深夜的街

又聽年輕妓女的詛咒

它駭住了初生兒的眼淚

有用文藝摧殘了婚禮的葬車

London

-WilliamBlThePoem’sBackground

WilliamBlake’spoem“London”,dealswiththedifficultandhardlifeinLondonatthattime.HedescribeshowdirtythestreetsandtheThamesisandhowthepoorpeoplesufferhopelesslyandhowtheyareindireneedofmoney.Hehascreatedadarkatmosphere,that’sdullandtiring.

ThePoem’sBackground

William

InthepoemthespeakerwandersthroughthestreetsofLondonandcommentsonhisobservations.Heseesdespairinthefacesofthepeoplehemeetsandhearsfearandrepressionintheirvoices.Thewoefulcryofthechimney-sweeperstandsasachastisementtotheChurch,andthebloodofasoldierstainstheouterwallsofthemonarch'sresidence.Thenighttimeholdsnothingmorepromising:thecursingofprostitutescorruptsthenewborninfantandsulliesthe"Marriagehearse."

ThePoem’sBackgroundInthepoemthespeakerwandeAuthorWilliamBlake(28November1757–12August1827)wasanEnglishpoet,painter,andprintmaker.Largelyunrecognizedduringhislifetime,BlakeisnowconsideredaseminalfigureinthehistoryofthepoetryandvisualartsoftheRomanticAge.Hispropheticpoetryhasbeensaidtoform"whatisinproportiontoitsmeritstheleastreadbodyofpoetryintheEnglishlanguage".Hisvisualartistryledonecontemporaryartcritictoproclaimhim"farandawaythegreatestartistBritainhaseverproduced".AuthorWilliamBlake(28NovembIntheFirstTwoStanzaInthefirsttwostanzaspointouttousthatLondonisrestrictedbyrulesandregulations.Blakeutilizesalliterationandwordchoicetosetthesadatmosphere.Blakeintroduceshisreadertothenarratorashe"wanders"throughthe"chartered"society.Asocietyinwhicheverypersonheseeshas"marksofweakness,marksofwoe."Blakerepeatedlyusestheword"every"and"cry"inthesecondstanzatosymbolizethedepressionthatcirclearoundtheentiresociety.The"mind-forgedmanacles"thenarratorhearssuggeststhatheisnotmentallystable.

IntheFirstTwoStanzaIntheIntheThirdStanzaInthethirdstanza,Blakeutilizesimageryofdestructionandreligion.Blakeusesthereligiousimageryofthe"blackeningchurch"torepresentthelossofinnocence,andthesociety'sabandonmentofreligion.The"haplesssoldier'ssigh"symbolizehowmenaredraftedintowarandhavenochoicebuttoservetheircountry.Blakeusesthissenseofdestructiontoexplainhowpeopleareforcedtorepairthe"weakness"and"woe"oftheirsociety.

IntheThirdStanzaInthethirTheFourthStanzaThefourthstanzaof"London"unravelsthecomplexmeaningofthepoem.The"youthfulharlot'scurse"symbolizeshowtheyouth'ssinfuldeedswilleffectthenextgeneration.Their"curse"causesthe"newborninfant'stear"whichexemplifieshowthenewgenerationwillhavetocorrectthemistakesofthepreviousgeneration.The"plagues"alsosymbolizesthiscurse,andthe"marriagehearse"createsaparadox,whichconfuseseternityanddeath.

TheFourthStanzaThefourthstThepoemclimaxesThepoemclimaxesatthemomentwhenthecycleofmiseryrecommences,intheformofanewhumanbeingstartinglife:ababyisbornintopoverty,toacursing,prostitutemother.Sexualandmaritalunion--theplaceofpossibleregenerationandrebirth--aretaintedbytheblightofvenerealdisease.ThusBlake'sfinalimageisthe"Marriagehearse,"avehicleinwhichloveanddesirecombinewithdeathanddestruction.

ThepoemclimaxesThepoemclimMeterandRhymeThe.poem

‘London’iswritteninfourstanzasThepoemusesan‘A,B,A,B’rhymingpattern,whichisrestrictedtothatbeat.Blakealsousesassonanceforexample‘flow’and‘woe’.Ithas14linesandiswritteniniambicpentameter.Blakeuseshisrhetoricalskillsofalliteration,imagery,andwordchoicetocreatehispoem,butmoreimportantlytoexpresstheemotionalsignificancethatisimplied.thecentralmetaphorofthispoem,the"mind-forg'dmanacles"ofthesecondstanza.Oncemoreavividsymbolexplainsadeephumantruth.

MeterandRhymeThe.poem‘LondEmotionalColorofthePoemThelanguageBlakehasusedin‘London’ismainlynegative,becauseheusesdark,gloomyadjectives,suchas,‘blackening’.Thissuggestsadark,evilandcorruptscene.HedoesthistocreateanegativepictureofLondon.BlakeshowshisdisgustandhatredoftheLondonhelivedin.forexample,hementionstheidea‘Plague’forexample,’BlightsWithPlaguesthemarriage-hearse’.

EmotionalColorofthePoemTheThissuggeststhateventhehappiestthings,suchasmarriagearetarnishedwithdisease.Blakealsousesdarkimagerytocreateadarktoneofthepoem.Thereisalsoanexampleofjuxtapositionin‘London’whenBlakeput‘marriage’and‘hearse’together,suggestingmarriagethendeath.Theeffectofplacingasymbolofdeathnexttomarriage–ahappyeventissayingbasicallythathappiestthingsinlifearetarnishedbydisease,suchastheplague,causingdeath.EmotionalColorofthePoemThissuggeststhateventhehaThankyou！Thankyou！-WilliamBlake威廉.布萊克London

-WilliamBlake威廉.布萊克London

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-WilliamBlake

Iwanderthrougheachcharteredstreet,

NearwherethecharteredThamesdoesflow,

AndmarkineveryfaceImeetMarksofweakness,marksofwoe.

Ineverycryofeveryman,

Ineveryinfant‘scryoffear,Ineveryvoice,ineveryban,，Themind-forgedmanaclesIhearHowthechimney-sweeper‘scryEveryblackeningchurchappals;Andthehaplesssoldier‘ssighRunsinblooddownpalacewalls.

ButmostthroughmidnightstreetsIhearHowtheyouthfulharlot‘scurseBlaststhenew-borninfant‘stear,Andblightswithplaguesthemarriagehearse.

London

-WilliamBlLondon

-WilliamBlake

我走過每條獨占的街道，

徘徊在獨占的泰晤士河邊，

我看見每個過往的行人

有一張衰弱、痛苦的臉。

每個人的每升呼聲，

每個嬰孩害怕的號叫

每句話，每條禁令，

都響著心靈鑄成的鐐銬。

多少掃煙囪孩子的喊叫

震驚了一座座熏黑的教堂；

不幸兵士的長嘆

化成鮮血留下宮墻。

最怕是深夜的街

又聽年輕妓女的詛咒

它駭住了初生兒的眼淚

有用文藝摧殘了婚禮的葬車

London

-WilliamBlThePoem’sBackground

WilliamBlake’spoem“London”,dealswiththedifficultandhardlifeinLondonatthattime.HedescribeshowdirtythestreetsandtheThamesisandhowthepoorpeoplesufferhopelesslyandhowtheyareindireneedofmoney.Hehascreatedadarkatmosphere,that’sdullandtiring.

ThePoem’sBackground

William

InthepoemthespeakerwandersthroughthestreetsofLondonandcommentsonhisobservations.Heseesdespairinthefacesofthepeoplehemeetsandhearsfearandrepressionintheirvoices.Thewoefulcryofthechimney-sweeperstandsasachastisementtotheChurch,andthebloodofasoldierstainstheouterwallsofthemonarch'sresidence.Thenighttimeholdsnothingmorepromising:thecursingofprostitutescorruptsthenewborninfantandsulliesthe"Marriagehearse."

ThePoem’sBackgroundInthepoemthespeakerwandeAuthorWilliamBlake(28November1757–12August1827)wasanEnglishpoet,painter,andprintmaker.Largelyunrecognizedduringhislifetime,BlakeisnowconsideredaseminalfigureinthehistoryofthepoetryandvisualartsoftheRomanticAge.Hispropheticpoetryhasbeensaidtoform"whatisinproportiontoitsmeritstheleastreadbodyofpoetryintheEnglishlanguage".Hisvisualartistryledonecontemporaryartcritictoproclaimhim"farandawaythegreatestartistBritainhaseverproduced".AuthorWilliamBlake(28NovembIntheFirstTwoStanzaInthefirsttwostanzaspointouttousthatLondonisrestrictedbyrulesandregulations.Blakeutilizesalliterationandwordchoicetosetthesadatmosphere.Blakeintroduceshisreadertothenarratorashe"wanders"throughthe"chartered"society.Asocietyinwhicheverypersonheseeshas"marksofweakness,marksofwoe."Blakerepeatedlyusestheword"every"and"cry"inthesecondstanzatosymbolizethedepressionthatcirclearoundtheentiresociety.The"mind-forgedmanacles"thenarratorhearssuggeststhatheisnotmentallystable.

IntheFirstTwoStanzaIntheIntheThirdStanzaInthethirdstanza,Blakeutilizesimageryofdestructionandreligion.Blakeusesthereligiousimageryofthe"blackeningchurch"torepresentthelossofinnocence,andthesociety'sabandonmentofreligion.The"haplesssoldier'ssigh"symbolizehowmenaredraftedintowarandhavenochoicebuttoservetheircountry.Blakeusesthissenseofdestructiontoexplainhowpeopleareforcedtorepairthe"weakness"and"woe"oftheirsociety.

IntheThirdStanzaInthethirTheFourthStanzaThefourthstanzaof"London"unravelsthecomplexmeaningofthepoem.The"youthfulharlot'scurse"symbolizeshowtheyouth'ssinfuldeedswilleffectthenextgeneration.Their"curse"causesthe"newborninfant'stear"whichexemplifieshowthenewgenerationwillhavetocorrectthemistakesofthepreviousgeneration.The"plagues"alsosymbolizesthiscurse,andthe"marriagehearse"createsaparadox,whichconfuseseternityanddeath.

TheFourthStanzaThefourthstThepoemclimaxesThepoemclimaxesatthemomentwhenthecycleofmiseryrecommences,intheformofanewhumanbeingstartinglife:ababyisbornintopoverty,toacursing,prostitutemother.Sexualandmaritalunion--theplaceofpossibleregenerationandrebirth--aretaintedbytheblightofvenerealdisease.ThusBlake'sfinalimageisthe"Marriagehearse,"avehicleinwhichloveanddesirecombinewithdeathanddestruction.

ThepoemclimaxesThepoemclimMeterandRhymeThe.poem

‘London’iswritteninfourstanzasThepoemusesan‘A,B,A,B’rhymingpattern,whichisrestrictedtothatbeat.Blakealsousesassonanceforexample‘flow’and‘woe’.Ithas14linesandiswritteniniambicpentameter.Blakeuseshisrhetoricalskillsofalliteration,imagery,and