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1、COLLECTEDPOEMSOFROBERTFROSTHALCYONHOUSEGARDENCITY,N.Y.1942HALCYONHOUSECOPYRIGHT,1930,1939,1942,BYHENRYHOLTANDCOMPANY,INC.COPYRIGHT,I936,BYROBERTFROSTCLPRINTEDINTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICATheFigureaToemJMakesAbstractionisanoldstorywiththephilosophers,butithasbeenlikeanewtoyinthehandsof
2、theartistsofourday.Whycan'twehaveanyonequalityofpoetrywechoosebyitself?Wecanhaveinthought.Thenitwillgohardifwecan'tinpractice.Ourlivesforit.Grantednoonebutahumanistmuchcareshowsoundapoemisifitisonlyasound.Thesoundisthegoldintheore.Thenwewillhavethesoundoutaloneanddispensewiththeine
3、ssential.Wedotillwemakethediscoverythattheobjectinwritingpoetryistomakeallpoemssoundasdifferentaspossiblefromeachother,andtheresourcesforthatofvowels,consonants,punctuation,syntax,words,sentences,meterarenotenough.Weneedthehelpofcontext—meaning—subjectmatter.Thatisthegreatesthelpto
4、wardsvariety.Allthatcanbedonewithwordsissoontold.Soalsowithmeters—particularlyinourlanguagewheretherearevirtuallybuttwo,strictiambicandlooseiambic.Theancientswithmanywerestillpooriftheydependedonmetersforalltune.Itispainfultowatchoursprung-rhythmistsstrainingatthepointofomittingone
5、shortfromafootforrelieffrommonotony.Thepossibilitiesfortunefromthedramatictonesofmeaningstruckacrosstherigidityofalimitedmeterareendless.Andwearebackinpoetryasmerelyonemoreartofhavingsomethingtosay,soundorunsound.Probablybetterifsound,becausedeeperandfromwiderex•perience.Thentherei
6、sthiswildnesswhereofitisspoken.Grantedagainthatithasanequalclaimwithsoundtobeingapoem'sbetterhalf.Ifitisawildtune,itisapoem.Ourproblemthenis,asmodernabstractionists,tohavethewildnesspure;tobewildwithnothingtobewildabout.Webringupasaber-rationists,givingwaytoundirectedassociationsan
7、dkickingour-selvesfromonechancesuggestiontoanotherinalldirectionsasofahotafternooninthelifeofagrasshopper.Themealonecansteadyusdown.Justasthefirstmysterywashowapoemcouldhaveatuneinsuchastraightnessasmeter,sothesecondmys•teryishowapoemcanhavewildnessandatthesametimeasubjectthatshall
8、befulfilled.Itshouldbeofth
