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1、AnalysisofTheTygerbyBackground:"TheTyger",oneofWilliamBlake(1759-1827)’smostfamouspoempublishedinacollectionofpoemscalledSongsofExperience,Blakewrote"TheTyger"duringhismoreradical激进period.Hewrotemostofhismajorworksduringthistimerailingagainstoppressiveinstitutionslikethechurch
2、orthemonarchy,oranyandallculturaltraditionswhichstifledimaginationorpassion.Hischoiceof"tyger"hasusuallybeeninterpretedasbeingforeffect,perhapstorenderan"exoticoralienqualityofthebeast",orbecauseit'snotreallyabouta"tiger"atall,butametaphor.TheMeterandTheRhymeScheme:(thepoemisi
3、ntrochaictetrameter)Thepoemcontainssixquatrains(Aquatrainisafour-linestanza);anditsrhymeisassonant(谐音),andfollowsperfectlythepatternaabbdueto,inthecaseofthefirstandthesixthstanzas,theword‘symmetry’ispronouncedinsuchawaythatitrhymeswith‘eye’.thesemanticfieldsWithregardtothesema
4、nticfields,therearewordsrelatedtothetoolsusedbyanironsmithlike,forinstance,‘hammer’,‘chain’,‘furnace’,and‘anvil’,inthefourthstanza.Also,wecanfindasemanticfieldrelatedtoNaturelike,forexample,‘forests’(line2),‘skies’(line5),‘Tiger’(lines1and21),and‘Lamb’(line20).But,aboveall,the
5、poetusedasemantic语义的fieldrelatedtoCreationwhenhewriteswordsorphaseslike:‘WhatimmortalhandandeyeCouldframethyfearfulsymmetry?ThesimplestructureThesimplestructureandthevocabularyhelpthereadertounderstandthemaintopicsorconcepts(思想),whichareEvil,Good,andGodThefirstimpressionthatWi
6、lliamBlakegivesisthatheseesaterribletigerinthenight,and,asaresultofhisstateofpanic(恐慌),thepoetexaggerates(夸张)thedescriptionoftheanimalwhenhewrites:‘Tiger!Tiger!BurningbrightIntheforestsofthenight…’However,payingmoreattentiontowhatcomesnext,theauthortalksaboutEvil,andGood,asIsa
7、idabove.Thesetwoessentialideasaresymbolisedinthe‘Tiger’andthe‘Lamb’,respectively(noticethatbothwordshavecapitalletters). Immediatelyafterseeingthe‘Tiger’intheforests,thepoetasksitwhatdeity神couldhavecreatedit:‘Whatimmortalhandandeye,Couldframethyfearfulsymmetry?’Theword‘immorta
8、l(不朽的)’givesthereaderacluethatthepoetreferstoGod.Then,inthese