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1、EdgarAllanPoe’sToHelenBackground"ToHelen"isthefirstoftwopoemstocarrythatnamewrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe.The15-linepoemwaswritteninhonorofJaneStanard,themotherofachildhoodfriend.Itwasfirstpublishedin1831collectionPoemsofEdgarA.Poethenreprintedin1836intheSouthernLiteraryMessenger.Poerevisedt
2、hepoemin1845,makingseveralimprovements,mostnotablychanging"thebeautyoffairGreece,andthegrandeurofoldRome"to"theglorythatwasGreeceandthegrandeurthatwasRome."Theseimprovedlinesarethemostwell-knowlinesinthispoem.Helen,thybeautyistome LikethoseNiceanbarksofyore, Thatgently,o'eraperfumedse
3、a, Theweary,way-wornwandererbore Tohisownnativeshore.Ondesperateseaslongwonttoroam,Thyhyacinthhair,thyclassicface, ThyNaiadairshavebroughtmehomeTotheglorythatwasGreece, AndthegrandeurthatwasRome.海伦，你的美貌于我 似远古尼西亚人的帆船， 轻轻飘过芬芳的海面， 让旅途劳顿的游子， 回到他故乡的岸边。在漂泊已久、波涛汹涌的海上， 你风信子般的头发、古典的脸庞， 和尼厄神般的
4、风采已带我回家乡， 回到罗马曾经的伟大， 和希腊曾经的荣光。ToHelenByEdgarAllanPoeLo!Inyonbrilliantwindow-nicheHowstatue-likeIseetheestand,Theagatelampwithinthyhand! Ah,Psyche,fromtheregionswhichAreHoly-Land!瞧！彼处辉煌窗龛里 你，恰似雕像，伫立， 玛瑙灯儿手中提！ 啊，普赛克，来自 仙土圣地！ThemeThethemeofthisshortpoemisthebeautyofawomanwithwh
5、omPoebecameacquaintedwhenhewas14.Apparentlyshetreatedhimkindlyandmayhaveurgedhim–orperhapsinspiredhim–towritepoetry.Beauty,asPoeusesthewordinthepoem,appearstorefertothewoman'ssoulaswellasherbody.Ontheonehand,herepresentsherasHelenofTroy–thequintessenceofphysicalbeauty–atthebeginningof
6、thepoem.Ontheotherhand,herepresentsherasPsyche–thequintessenceofsoulfulbeauty–attheendofthepoem.InGreek,Psychemeanssoul.ImageryandSummaryofthePoemPoeopensthepoemwithasimile–“Helen,thybeautyistome/LikethoseNicéanbarksofyore”–thatcomparesthebeautyofHelen(Mrs.Stanard)withsmallsailingboat
7、s(barks)thatcarriedhometravelersinancienttimes.Heextendsthisboatimageryintothesecondstanza,whenhesaysHelenbroughthimhometotheshoresofthegreatestcivilizationsofantiquity,classicalGreeceandRome.ItmaywellhavebeenthatMrs.Stanard'sbeautyandotheradmirablequalities,aswellashertakingnoticeofP
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