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1、1.“TheWildHoneySuckle”Hisnaturepoem,―TheWildHoneySuckle,isconsideredanearlyseedtothelaterTranscendentalistmovementtakenupbyWilliamCullenBryant,RalphWaldoEmerson,andHenryDavidThoreau.Inthispoemthepoetexpressedakeenawarenessofthelovelinessandtransienceofnature.Henotonlymedit
2、atedonMortalitybutalsocelebratednature.Thepoemimpliesthatlifeanddeathareinevitablelawofnature.Thewildhoneysuckle‖isPhilipFreneau'smostwidelyreadnaturallyricwiththethemeoftransience.Thecentralimageisanativewildflower,whichmakesadrasticdifferencefromeliteflowerimagestypicalo
3、ftraditionalEnglishpoems.Thepoemshowedstrongfeelingsforthenaturalbeauty,whichwasthecharacteristicofromanticpoets.Thepoemwaswritteninregular6-linetetrameterstanzas,rhyming:ababcc.Thestructureofthepoemisregular,soithastheneoclassicqualityofproportionandbalance.Thelinethespac
4、eisbutanhourcontainsahyperbolestressingthetransienceoflife.Thetoneofthepoemisbothsentimentalandoptimistic2.ToaWaterfowlBryant'spoembeginswithawaterfowlinflightandahunterbelow.Thebird'sinstinctallowsittoflytosafety.Inspiteofthedanger,hardshipsandtemptationsontheway,thebirdc
5、ontinuesitsflighttoitsdestination.Asthespeakerwatchesthebird,hepondersthemysteriesofmigration.Bryantparallelsthebird'sinstincttoa"Power."Eventhoughhumanshavenorealinstincttoguidethemtosafety,thereisa"Power"orGodthatwillguidethemtosafety.InthelastparagraphofthepoemBryantsee
6、mstobecomparingourlifewithGodtothatofawaterfowl.Hesays:"Hewhofromzonetozone,Guidesthroughtheboundlessskythycertainflight,InthelongwaythatImusttreadalone,Willleadmystepsaright."HeissayingthatthroughoutourlifewhereverwegoGodisgoingtobewithusguidingusdowntherightpath.Andintim
7、eswhenwethinkwemustgoalone,hetoowillbewithusthen.Heneverleavesuslongenoughforustofall,justlongenoughforustolearnfromwhatwedo3.ToHelenapoemabouttheidealwomanthatcanonlyexistbyimagination,awomanthatwastheGoddessofthesoul.PoeusesanallusiontorefertoHelen.HelencanrefertotheGree
8、kgoddessoflightorHelenofTroywhoisconsideredtobethemostbeautifulwomaneveralive.Inthepoem,b
