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1、RobertFrostMendingWall罗伯特·弗罗斯特,20世纪最受欢迎的美国诗人。因其当过新英格兰的鞋匠、教师和农场主,所以作品多从农村生活中取题材;与19世纪的诗人有很多共同之处,但相比之下,却又较少具有现代派气息。他曾赢得4次普利策奖和许多其他的奖励及荣誉,被称之为美国文学中的桂冠诗人。然而在他的下半生,才赢得大众对其诗歌作品的承认,并最终树立起了一位伟大的文学家的形象。RobertFrost·简介MendingWallisametaphorical(隐喻的)poemwritteninblan
2、kverse,publishedin1914.Thispoemissetinthecountrysideandisaboutonemanquestioningwhyheandhisneighbormustrebuildthestonewalldividingtheirfarmseachspring.ThestonewallatFrost’sfarminDerry,whichhedescribedinMendingwall.WhilelivinginEnglandwithhisfamily,Frostwas
3、exceptionallyhomesickforthefarminNewHampshirewherehehadlivedwithhiswifefrom1900to1909.Despitetheeventualfailureofthefarm,FrostassociatedhistimeinNewHampshirewithapeaceful,ruralsensibilitythatheinstilledinthemajorityofhissubsequentpoems.“MendingWall”isauto
4、biographicalonanevenmorespecificlevel:aFrench-CanadiannamedNapoleonGuayhadbeenFrost’sneighborinNewHampshire,andthetwohadoftenwalkedalongtheirpropertylineandrepairedthewallthatseparatedtheirland.SummaryEveryyear,twoneighborsmeettorepairthestonewallthatdivi
5、destheirproperty.Thenarratorisskepticalofthistradition,unabletounderstandtheneedforawallwhenthereisnolivestocktobecontainedontheproperty,onlyapplesandpinetrees.Hedoesnotbelievethatawallshouldexistsimplyforthesakeofexisting.Moreover,hecannothelpbutnoticeth
6、atthenaturalworldseemstodislikethewallasmuchashedoes:mysteriousgapsappear,bouldersfallfornoreason.Theneighbor,ontheotherhand,assertsthatthewalliscrucialtomaintainingtheirrelationship,asserting,“Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors.”Overthecourseofthemending,thenar
7、ratorattemptstoconvincehisneighborotherwiseandaccuseshimofbeingold-fashionedformaintainingthetraditionsostrictly.Nomatterwhatthenarratorsays,though,theneighborstandshisground,repeatingonly:“Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors.”.Somethingthereisthatdoesn'tloveawal
8、l,Thatsendsthefrozen-ground-swellunderit,Andspillstheupperbouldersinthesun;Andmakesgapseventwocanpassabreast.有一样东西,它大概是不喜欢墙,它使得墙脚下的冻地涨得隆起,大白天的把墙头石块弄得纷纷落:使得墙裂了缝,二人并肩都走得过。FrostTheworkofhuntersisanotherthing:Ihavecomea