To the lark is one of Shelley's representative works. Poetry enthusiastically praises larks in romantic ways, expressing yearning for joy, light, freedom and ideals.
The whole poem has 2 1 stanza and is divided into five levels. The first floor (1 ~ 2) always depicts the characteristics of skylark singing and praises skylark as a "happy spirit". The second layer (section 3-7) describes the characteristics of skylark singing in detail. In the morning, larks fly in the bright light. Although I can't see it, I can hear its strong voice of joy and praise the beautiful voice of the lark with three natural words.
The third layer (section 8-20) summarizes the unique aesthetic experience brought by lark singing with a series of concrete metaphors such as poets, girls, fireflies and roses. Larks sing sweetly because they are always cheerful, never troubled and always full of love.
Comparing with human beings who are often troubled by "looking back" and "things disturbing themselves", the poet concludes that larks' happiness lies in their contempt for dust. The fourth floor (paragraph 2 1) expresses the joy of learning larks, and sings happy songs with their harmonious and passionate passion, bringing joy to the whole world.
The lark image in the poem is not a pure lark in nature, but the poet's ideal self-image or the image carrier of the poet's ideal.
Poets and larks are similar in many ways: they both pursue a bright, lofty and ideal world. The only difference is that the poet painfully felt the gap between ideal and reality, which does not exist for larks. Judging from the tone of the whole poem, although Shelley felt the pain of distant ideals, he still surpassed sentimentality with a rising positive emotion.
To the lark is a poem written by the English poet percy bysshe shelley in 1820.
To the lark is a lyric poem with 2 1 stanzas. It starts with praise and ends with exclamation, with distinct levels and rigorous structure. Generally, it can be divided into six or seven short paragraphs, and there is no place in the poem where larks are not written. At the same time, Shelley's ego is everywhere. Larks become the poet's idealized self-portrayal. Shelley vividly depicts larks with his unique artistic conception, and at the same time writes his spiritual realm, aesthetic ideal and artistic ambition with full passion.