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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------LiteraryGiant:HenryWadsworthLongfellowLiteraryGiant:HenryWadsworthLongfellowProbablythebestlovedofAmericanpoetstheworldoverisHenryWadsworthLongfellow.Manyofhis
2、linesareasfamiliartousasrhymesfromMotherGooseorthewordsofnurserysongslearnedinearlychildhood.Liketheserhymesandmelodies,theyremaininthememoryandaccompanyusthroughlife.TherearetworeasonsforthepopularityandsignificanceofLongfellow’spoetry.First,hehadthegiftofeasyrhyme
3、.Hewrotepoetryasabirdsings,withnaturalgraceandmelody.Readorheardonceortwice,hisrhymeandmetersclingtothemindlongafterthesensemaybeforgotten.Second,Longfellowwroteonobviousthemeswhichappealtoallkindsofpeople.Hispoemsareeasilyunderstood;theysingtheirwayintotheconscious
4、nessofthosewhoreadthem.Aboveall,thereisajoyousnessinthem,aspiritofoptimismandfaithinthegoodnessoflifewhichevokesimmediateresponseintheemotionsofhis11----------------------------------------------------精品文档值得收藏---------------------------------------------------------
5、----------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------readers.AmericansoweagreatdebttoLongfellowbecausehewasamongthefirstofAmericanwriterstousenativethemes.HewroteabouttheAmericansceneandlandscape,theAmericanInd
6、ian(‘SongofHiawatha’),andAmericanhistoryandtradition(‘TheCourtshipofMilesStandish’,‘Evangeline’).Atthebeginningofthe19thcentury,Americawasastumblingbabeasfarasacultureofitsownwasconcerned.ThepeopleofAmericahadspenttheiryearsandtheirenergiesincarvingahabitationoutoft
7、hewildernessandinfightingforindependence.Literature,art,andmusiccamemainlyfromEuropeandespeciallyfromEngland.NothingwasconsideredworthyofattentionunlessitcamefromEurope.But“thefloweringofNewEngland,”asVanWyckBrookstermstheperiodfrom1815to1865,tookplaceinLongfellow’s
8、day,andhemadeagreatcontributiontoit.HelivedwhengiantswalkedtheNewEnglandearth,giantsofintellectandfeelingwhoestablishedtheNewLandasasource
