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1、Break,Break,BreakTypeofWorkandDateofComposition "Break,Break,Break"isalyricpoemthatAlfredTennyson(1809-1892)wasbelievedtohavecompletedin1834.ItcentersonTennyson'sgriefoverthedeathofhisbestfriend,ArthurHallam,afellowpoet.Lyricalpoetrypresentsthedeepfeelingsandemotionsofthepoetasopposedtopoetrythatte

2、llsastoryorpresentsawittyobservation.Alyricpoemoftenhasapleasingmusicalquality.ThewordlyricderivesfromtheGreekwordforlyre,astringedinstrumentinusesinceancienttimes.   RhymeSchemeandMeter Lines2and4ofeachstanzahaveendrhyme.Themeterinthepoemvaries,buttheanapesticfootcreatesthemusicalityofthepoem,asin

3、thefollowinglines: iamb.........anapest......anapest.........iamb ButO

4、fortheTOUCH

5、ofaVAN

6、ishedHAND, ......anapest...........anapest.........anapest..... AndtheSOUND

7、ofaVOICE

8、thatisSTILL! RhetoricalDevices Followingareexamplesoffiguresofspeechandotherrhetoricaldevicesin"Break,Break,Break":  Apostro

9、phe(Lines1and2):Thenarratoraddressesthesea.  PersonificationandmetaphoralsooccurinLines1and2,forthepoetregardstheseaasahumanbeing.  Alliteration(Line8):boatonthebay (Lines9-12):Stanza3usesthisfigureofspeechasfollows: Andthestatelyshipsgoon Totheirhavenunderthehill;  ButOforthetouchofavanishedhand, 

10、 Andthesoundofavoicethatisstill! Alliteration(Line15):daythatisdead Repetend:Line13repeatsLine1;Line7repeatsthefirsttwowordsofLine5. Paradox:Touchofavanishedhand(Line11),soundofavoicethatisstill(Line12). Themes Grief Themainthemeisbereavement,heartache,emptiness.Inthenarrator'sdarkhourofgrief,thesu

11、nrises,childrenlaugh,businessgoesonasusual.Howcouldtheworldbesocruelandunfeeling? PreciousnessofYouth Tennyson'sfriend,ArthurHallam,wasonly22whenhedied.TheshockofHallam'sdeathimpresseduponTennysonhowpricelessyouthis.Tounderscorethisidea,andtoexpresstheagonyhesuffersatthelossofyoungHallam,Tennysonpr

12、esentsimagesofyouthfuljoy:thefisherman'ssonplayingwithhissisterandthe"sailorlad"singinginthebay.    IndifferenceofNature Naturecontinuestofunctionaccordingtoitsrhythmsandcyclesregardlessofwhathappens,goodor