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1、APsalmOfLifeHenryWadsworthLongfellowContents1Thebriefintroductionoftheauthorandhisworks2Thebackgroundofthepoem3Poemappreciation5Poeticform,structureandtheme6Briefanalysistothepoem7AnswerstothequestionsThebriefintroductionoftheauthorandhisworksHenryWads
2、worthLongfellow(1807–1882)wasbornin1807,thesonofStephenandZilpah(Wadsworth)Longfellow.Hewasthesecondofsevenchildren.HewasAmerica'smostbelovednineteenth-centurypoet,rivalinginpopularitythecontemporaryEnglishpoetAlfredLordTennyson.Influencedbytheromantic
3、novelistsJamesFenimoreCooperandWashingtonIrving,LongfellowhelpedtofashionanationalliteraturebasedonAmericanmyths,history,andlandscapesinpoemssuchas"TheSongofHiawatha”.Longfellowwrotepredominantlylyricpoems,knownfortheirmusicalityandoftenpresentingstori
4、esofmythologyandlegend.HebecamethemostpopularAmericanpoetofhisdayandalsohadsuccessoverseas.Hehasbeencriticized,however,forimitatingEuropeanstylesandwritingspecificallyforthemasses.LongfellowfamilyfaithwasUnitarian.LongfellowwasinfluencedbyhisUnitarianb
5、eliefs,hisassociationwithNewEnglandTranscendentalists,andtheRomanticliterarymovementheencounteredinEurope.HebelievedthatthevitalityandoriginalityofAmericanliteraturemustdependuponthenation'snaturalenvironmentanddistincthistory,asopposedtothelong-standi
6、ngculturalandsocialtraditionsthatinformedEuropeanliterature.Longfellow'spoetryfelloutofcriticalfavoratthebeginningofthetwentiethcenturywiththeriseofliterarymodernismanditspreoccupationwithpsychology,socialdislocation,andpoliticalideology.Despitehisofte
7、n-sentimentaltone,LongfellowremainspopularforhisevocationofavanishingAmerica,itslandscapesandoccupations,andhissimpleaffectionforhumanity.LongfellowwasawardedhonorarydoctoraldegreesfromOxfordandCambridgeuniversities,andafterhisdeathwasthefirstAmericant
8、obeincludedinPoets'CornerofWestminsterAbbeyinLondon.Works1)VoicesoftheNight(1839)«夜吟»hisfirstcollectionofpoems2)BalladsandOtherPoems(1841)«歌谣及其他»BalladsandOtherPoemcontains:(1TheVillageBlacksmith《乡村铁匠》(2APsalmofLife《人生礼赞》(3TheSkeletonin
