英美诗歌分析

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1、AnecdoteoftheJarByWallaceStevensInthepoem,AnecdoteoftheJar,Stevensportraysthecomplexrelationshipofhumantonaturethroughconfusionofwhoisgreaterthanwhom,howtheydependoneachother,theconnectionbetweenthetwo,andtheformthepoemiswrittenin.Stevensforcesthereadertofeelthe

2、confusionandchaospresentbetweenthejar(asymbolforhumans)andnature.Thisrelationshipcanbefeltandreadthroughtheformthepoemiswrittenin.Thepoemusesconfusingwordingtoshowtherelationshipofhumanstonature.Forexample,line9says,nIttookdominioneverywhere.nHItHreferringtonatu

3、re,meansthepowerthatnaturehasoverthejar(humans).Nature'sdominantoverpoweringweakenshumans.Humansthenbecomepowerlessandvulnerabletowhatevernaturehasbecome・Anotherlineprovingthisdominancestates,nThejarwasgrayandbare."Thislinedescribesthejarofbeingplainandsimple.Th

4、isnormalcybecomesineffectiveandpowerless.Theordinarydoesn'thaveasmuchpowerastheobjectsthatstickoutfromthecrowd.Humansdon'tseemtostandoutinthevastnessofthewilderness.Thenextlineturnsthecontrolinaninterestingway:HItdidnotgiveofbirdorbush.”Becausethejarwasintheprev

5、iousline,itisnaturaltothinknitninthislinereferstothejar.Theplotbeginstothickenasitwaspreviouslysuggestedthatthewildernesshadallthecontrolintherelationship.Thejarnowbecomesanauthoritybecauseitwillnotgiveintothenaturalworld.Tothereader,therelationshipjustbecameund

6、efined・Thepowerwasturnedoverfromnaturetoman.Stevensalsoshowsthedominanceissueinthebeginningofthepoem.Hesays，"Itmadetheslovenlywilderness/Surroundthathill.HTheauthorityisplacedagaininfrontofthejar-Thewildernessiscarelessandawareofthisnewobjectplacedinitsenvironme

7、nt.Thenthepoemstates,uThewildernessroseuptoit,/Andsprawledaroundnolongerwild."Therolesarereversedonceagain.Thewildernessisnowincharge・Thereversaloftherolescontainedthepoeminanenvironmentofutterconfusion.Stevensshowedtheaudiencethatthisrelationshipreallywaschaoti

8、c,throughoutthepoem,toprovehispoint.Stevenscreatedthisconfusingstatetoallowthereadertoreallyfeelwhattherelationshipisbetweenthetwo.Thisrelationshipishardtounderstanda