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1、No.1ThosepoetsIread,andreread,inhighschool,collegeandinmyearlytwentieshavehadamoreobviousinfluenceonmywriting,ofcourse.ofthese,unquestionably,perhapsinevitably,RobertFrostwasmyfirstpoet.Frost'sinfluenceissopervasiveinAmericanpoetry,likeWhitman's,astobebeyondassessment.
2、LiketheverseofLewisCarroll,thepoetryofFrosthasenteredmysoul.Frost'sdeceptivelyplainlanguage,thesubtlerhythmofhispoetry,hisbeautyofphrasing,hisironyandstoicresolve,areneverinstrongerevidencethaninmyfavoriteFrostpoem,"AfterApple-Picking,"whichIreadfirstinhighschoolatabou
3、ttheageoffifteen.ThispoemofsurpassingbeautyandmelancholyhadaparticularsignificanceformesinceIdidpickapples,pears,andcherriesinmyfamily'sfruitorchard,standingonaladder,thoughIwasneverallowedtoclimbashighasmyfatheronhis"longtwo-pointedladder."Iunderstoodfromexperiencehow
4、thepoet's"insteparchnotonlykeepstheache,/Itkeepsthepressureofaladderround."Frostallowedyoungwriterslikemetoseethattheexperiencesofourdomestic,seeminglyordinarylivescouldbetransmutedintoworthyart;notShakespeare'sexaltedkingsandqueensandnobility,inpoetrysorefinedandintri
5、cateitseemed,toyoungreaders,anotherlanguageentirely,werehissubjects,butmen,women,childrenlikeourselves.ThisisadistinctlyAmericanpoetry,accessibletoall.Itisn'tthecontentofwhatwewriteaboutbuttheseriousnessandsubtletyofourexpressionofthiscontentthatdeterminestheworthofour
6、effort.No.2That’sthepoemthatranthroughmyheadasIkneltonthebrickpathtoourfrontdoor,tuggingdeadfernsfromthegroundandscoopingpilesofbrownpineneedlesintobagsthatNeighborSusantellsuscanbeanycolor.Theskyisthecolorofskimmilkandithasrainedmostoftheday,butthere’safalsewarmthtoth
7、eairthatsometimesteasesmeintothinkingthisisnotlateOctober–untilIseethosedeadferns,andwatchleavesscuttlingend-over-enddowntheearly-darkeningstreet.I’mnotmelancholy,justreflective:appreciativeofourgoodlife,inahousewithtwobathroomsandkitchenappliancesthatmatch,andabrickfr
8、ontpathtobeproudof,andaforthcomingnewjobatBigOl’University(BOU),andamonthbetweenMPOWandFPOWtobeusedforallkindsoffunth
