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1、AssignmentsfortheHistoryofAmericanLiteratureFebruary,2011Assignment11.ReadexcerptsfromTheAutobiographybyBenjaminFranklinandwritedownyourresponsestowhatyouhaveread;whyarethewritingsofBenjaminFranklinalwaysanthologizedinAmericanliteraturebooks?2.DoyoulikethepoemsofPhilipFreneau?W

2、hy?ChooseapoemofFreneauandwriteyourresponsestoit.3.Read“RipVanWinkle”,or“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”orotherpiecesfromhisSketchBookofWashingtonIrvingandwriteyourresponsestoit;whydoestheRomanticliteratureinAmericastartsfromWashingtonIrving?Chooseoneamongthethreetopicsandcompleteyour

3、assignmentandhandinyourassignmentonWednesday,Week4野生的金银花 美好的花呀，你长得这么秀丽，却藏身在这僻静沉闷的地方，甜美的花儿开了却没人亲昵，招展的小小枝梢也没有人观赏； 没游来荡去的脚把你踩碎， 没东攀西摘的手来催你落泪。 大自然把你打扮得一身洁白，她叫你避开庸俗粗鄙的目光；她布置下树荫把你护卫起来，又让潺潺的柔波淌过你身旁； 你的夏天就这样静静地消逝，  这时候你日渐萎蔫终将安息。 那些难免消逝的美使我销魂，想起你未来的结局我就心疼；别的那些花儿也不比你幸运——虽开放在伊甸园中业已凋零； 无情的

4、寒霜再加秋风的威力， 会叫这花朵消失的一无踪迹。 朝阳和晚霞当初曾把你养育，让你这小小的生命来到世上；要来若乌有，就没有什么可失去，因为你的死让你同先前一样；4 这来去之间不过是一个钟点—— 这就是脆弱的花享有的天年。 Inthispoemthepoetexpressedakeenawarenessofthelovelinessandtransienceofnature.1.Henotonlymeditatedonmortalitybutalsocelebratednature.Itimpliesthatlifeanddeathareinevitab

5、lelawofnature,"thewildhoneysuckle"isPhilipFreneau'smostwidelyreadnatureallyricwiththethemeoftransience.2.Thepoemexpressthepoet'sviewaboutthewritingmaterialofAmericanwritors.Intheauthor'sopinion,theoriginlandinAmericawasfiiledwithbeautyandmyth,whichcouldcompetewiththerilicsofEur

6、op.ItrevealedonthebasisofAmericanbeauty,theAmericanwritorcanproducegoodworks.Thecentralimageisanativewildflower,whichmakesadrasticdifferencefromeliteflowerimagestypicaloftraditionenglishpoems.Thepoemshowedstrongfeelingsforthenaturalbeauty,whichwasthecharacteristicofromanticpoet

7、s.Thepoemwaswritteninregular6-linetetrameterstanzas,rhyming:ababcc.Thestructureofthepoemisregular,soithastheneoclassicqualityofproportionandbalance.Alliteration,assonance,masculinerhymeusedinthepoemalsoproducemusicalormelodiousandharmonious,whichmatchesthebeautyoftheflower,theb

8、eautyofpoemispartlyambodiedintheeffectscreatedthroughc