Oh, wet curly hair, you stick your head out
Expose the morning window and stare down,
Cast your angel's eyes on us,
This western island is cheering for you, spring!
The mountain peaks are telling each other about your arrival,
The valley is listening; Our eager eyes
Everyone looks up at your bright sky: come out,
Let your footsteps set foot on our land!
Walking through the mountains of the East, let our wind
Kiss your sweet clothes; Let's taste it
Your morning breath; Put your pearls and jade
Honey, spread your land here.
Oh, dress her up with your soft fingers;
Gently kissed her chest and put on a golden crown.
Put on her floppy head, because, ah,
Her virgin braid has been tied for you!
(translated by Cha Liang Zheng)
The tradition of theme lies in innovation. There are countless poems about spring in ancient and modern China and abroad, but in most poets' works, charming spring scenery is always intertwined with the feeling of hurting spring and cherishing spring, which casts a melancholy shadow on spring scenery. Blake's poems about spring are an abnormal phenomenon. With its passionate style and colorful scenic spots, it depicts a vibrant scene of returning to the earth in spring and the joy and * * * scene that all creatures in nature are eagerly looking forward to in spring.
The whole poem is divided into four sections, which describe and render spring from different angles.
Winter has passed, and spring is like a girl with curly hair peeping at the world in the morning dew. The personification of this sentence has captured the reader's heart from the beginning, giving people a beautiful daydream. Because spring and girls are signs of youth and beauty. The word "probe" is used vividly, and the image of a lively and lovely spring girl is vivid and vivid. The word "gaze" makes spring deeply focused and full of love for the world. Spring finally broke through winter, so the poet sent a warm call to spring: May spring throw her brilliant spring to the earth. The bitter rain and the long foggy winter in the British Isles are eagerly cheering the arrival of spring.
In the second section, the poet described the joyful scene of looking forward to spring in nature with vivid style. The mountain peak is announcing the coming of spring, the valley is listening to the footsteps of spring, the world is looking up at the bright sky, and everything is looking forward to the arrival of spring. These lines of poetry really bring nature into life and reach a "ready to come out" situation. Poets use verbs such as "declare", "listen", "look up" and "trample" to make the picture fly, and make readers feel the germination of life, the revival of everything, the noise and joy of spring. With both sight and hearing, it is a spring scene of mountains, water and people. The sound of spring, the color of spring-the sound and the picture are integrated, which set each other off and strike a chord with readers.
In the third quarter, the poet continued to sing enthusiastically with flowing poems, further demonstrating the beauty of spring and expressing his inner feelings. He expressed a strong sense of spring with "fragrant clothes", "breath" and "pearls and jade", and expressed the longing and infinite joy of the earth looking forward to spring with "kiss", "taste" and "lover".
When the poet wrote here, it seems that he has been writing freely and pouring out his inner feelings, but he still feels unfinished. In the last section, he personified the earth as a virgin in a romantic style. Before the arrival of spring, the long winter in England has turned the land into an uncultivated wasteland. The ground is covered with thick snow, white and pure as ice. Isn't this primitiveness and purity the characteristic of virgins? Now that spring has returned to the earth, the ice and snow have melted, and the earth's breasts have sprouted the fragrant buds of life with the kiss of the spring breeze-"her virgin's braid" has been tied for spring. She is eager for the spring breeze to wear a "golden crown" for her-to make her glow with vitality and bloom gorgeous flowers.
"Return to nature, return to human mind" is an important feature of romanticism. Blake is a romantic poet with a unique feeling for nature. He loves nature and regards nature as a symbol of human spirit. This thought of eulogizing nature and joy runs counter to the "rational" constraint advocated by the society at that time and the abstinence concept imposed by the church, making Blake a pioneer of romanticism in the18th century.
The main features of this poem are clear intonation, enthusiasm and cheerfulness. In artistic techniques, poets are good at using images. A large number of metaphors and absurd imagination make this poem full of charm and vitality. It is not a still life sketch, but a dynamic description. The poet's natural scenery is vivid and lively, which is a symbol of life.
This four-line lyric poem has distinct layers, and the inner feelings of the poem increase with the increase of bars. This poem is full of music, color, light, joy, * * and beauty, which reflects the poet's spirit of loving the world. (Liu Chongli)