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1、Theappreciationof“WhenYouAreOld”Thispoemchoosesfromthepoetry"rose"ofYeats,whichiswrittenin1893,itisoneoftherepresentativeearlyworksofYeats,addressestohisheartgoddess,whoisalsothemostimportantwomaninhislife.“Whenyouareoldandgrayandfullofsleep,andnoddingbythefire”,thepoetstartswithapenc
2、illikepaintingapicturewhichinterlacestheshadowwithlight,novividcolor,atmosphericbackgroundandlingeringcharacters’move,onlyaquietlifefabricofoldage.Althoughatthistime,Yeatswasonly29,hisloverwasonly27yearsold,butthe"whitehead","Sleepgiddy","snoozingbythefire",asimpleimage,butlettimerapi
3、dlymoveforthtothefutureofher.Atthattime,shelostthecharmingappearance,lostfreshyouth;maybethereaderscan'thelpasking:whatkindofemotionisthepoetforheratthattime.“Takedownthisbook,andslowlyread,anddreamofthesoftlook;youreyeshadonce,andoftheirshadowsdeep”,veryfewwords,thepoetleadherexperie
4、ncehisdeepfeelingslowly.Letanoldwomantolookbackmayseemtobecruelandthegapbetweenofthecontrastwilldiffuseintheheart.Andinthisgap,thepoetgraduallyrecognizesthefirmlove,whichlikesanunexpectedgift,asurprise.Asifthegentlestreamarestartingtoflowfromtheicebergandmeltingslowlyoutofit,withthehu
5、gesource,whichisalongprocess.Theconceptionoftheoriginalwholepoeminthefirststanzadescribesthatanoldwomanlooksbacktoherlovewhenshewasyoung.Whatislove?Perhapsitisonlytheonewhoisreallyexperiencedthatkindofrealemotioncanhavesincerelyfeelingsofitsappearance.Butnomatterhow,thememoryofloveist
6、hesweetestandmostoftendoeswhenheorsheisoldjustaswhatiswritteninthepoem,beautyisold,theappearanceisgone,andsheissittingbythefireandstartsreviewingthepastlove.“Howmanylovedyourmomentsofgladgrace,andlovedyourbeautywithlovefalseortrue;Butonemanlovedthepilgrimsoulinyou,andlovedthesorrowsof
7、yourchangingface”,sincethepoemhasalreadyopened,thefeelingofthepoethasbeenreadslowly,aftersolongtrial,hecan'twaittocontrastwithotheradmirer,andexpresshisstrongfeelinginhisheart,whichhasbeenshakinghisemotion.Other's"falseortrue"haspassedthroughherlonglife,whilehislovetoherpilgrim'ssoul,
8、sweet
