What a beautiful day!
Working in the garden, the morning mist has dissipated,
Hummingbirds fly on the petals of honeysuckle.
There is nothing in the world that I want to keep for myself.
No one deserves my deep resentment;
I have long forgotten all my misfortunes,
My thoughts are still the same, even if I am embarrassed,
No longer consider physical pain,
I stood up and saw the blue sea with small white sails.
A red, red rose
Burns (UK)
About the author: robert burns (1759 ~ 1796) is a Scottish poet. 1759 1.25 was born in a peasant family in Aloway Town, Ayrshire. He has worked in the fields for 20 years since he was a child, but his family's economy has always been difficult. Love poetry since childhood, 1783 began to write poetry. 1786 published a collection of poems mainly written in Scottish dialect. I originally wanted to move to the West Indies with the income from my poetry collection, but this new book was widely praised for its simple rural theme and fresh style. The author was invited to Edinburgh and became a guest of a famous lady. However, he kept his true colors as a farmer. After a short trip in northwest Scotland, he returned to his hometown to farm and later worked as a clerk in the tax bureau. In addition to continuing to write, he also collected and sorted out two series of folk songs, so that many folk songs (about 300 in total) that were about to be lost were preserved. 1796 July 2 1 died of poverty and disease.
A red, red rose
Ah, my love is like a red rose,
June is in bud;
Ah, my love is like a music,
The music is beautiful and sweet.
You are such a beautiful, beautiful girl,
I love you so much;
I will always love you, dear,
Until the ocean dries up.
Until the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, dear,
Until the sun melts the rocks!
I will always love you, dear,
As long as life goes on.
Goodbye, my only love,
Bye, take some time!
I'll be back, honey,
Even though Wan Li is apart!
Your long summer will never fade.
Shakespeare (England)
About the author: william shakespeare (1564 ~ 16 16) is a famous British dramatist and poet. He was born into a wealthy family in Stratford, Warwickshire, and studied in the local grammar school. /kloc-dropped out of school to do business at the age of 0/3 and went to London about 1586. He first watched horses for aristocratic customers in front of the theater, and later gradually became a handyman, actor, playwright and shareholder of the theater. 1597 bought a house in my hometown and spent the last few years in my hometown.
Shakespeare was the most famous English writer from the second half of16th century to the beginning of17th century (ben jones called him "the soul of the times"), and also a master of humanistic literature in the European Renaissance. He wrote 37 plays, 154 poems 14 lines, two long poems and other poems. The long poems Venus and adonis (1592 ~ 1593) and the shame of Lucretius (1593 ~ 1594) are all based on the works of the vivid Roman poet Jill, whose themes are to describe irresistible love and condemn the violation of honor. 14 line poems (1592 ~ 1598) mostly adopt the form of conjoined poems, with the theme of praising friendship and love. Its main achievement is drama, which can be divided into three periods according to the development of times, thoughts and artistic styles: early, middle and late.
Early period (1590 ~ 1600): During this period, Elizabeth's central sovereignty was still consolidated, and the temporary alliance between the royal family and the industrial and commercial circles and new noble was still developing. After 1588 defeated the Spanish "Armada", the national situation was greatly boosted. This makes the author full of optimism about life and believes that humanism can be realized. The historical dramas and comedies created in this period all showed a bright and optimistic style. Historical dramas, such as Richard III (1592) and Henry III (1599), condemn feudal tyrants and praise enlightened monarchs, showing humanistic anti-feudal tyranny and enlightened political ideals of feudal separatism. Comedy films, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream (1596), Twelfth Night (1600), Everybody is Happy (16O0), etc. Describing gentle, beautiful, determined and brave women, breaking through numerous feudal obstacles and finally winning love shows humanism's praise for free love and opposition. Even the tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1595) written in this period has many bright and optimistic factors.
Mid-term (160 1 ~ 1607): At this time, the "enclosure movement" in the English countryside is accelerating, the temporary alliance between the monarchy and the bourgeoisie and new noble is disintegrating, social contradictions are deepening and regrouping, the political and economic situation is deteriorating, and James I's profligacy and retrogression after he succeeded to the throne have made the people more miserable and rebel again. In this case, Shakespeare deeply felt that the contradiction between humanistic ideal and reality was getting bigger and bigger, and his writing style changed from bright optimism to gloomy grief and indignation. The focus of his tragedies is not to praise humanistic ideals, but to expose all kinds of evils and darkness that criticize society. The masterpiece Hamlet (16O 1) shows the thrilling struggle between the outnumbered progressive forces and the dark forces. Othello (1604) describes a touching love tragedy of a young man and a young woman who broke through the feudal shackles and fell into the selfish conspiracy of capitalism. King Lear (1606) describes the process that the stubborn feudal king became a realistic and compassionate "man" under the sincere and hypocritical fact education. Macbeth (1606) exposed the destructive corrosion and toxic effects of power ambition on people. The comedies "All good endings are good" and "Tit for Tit" created in this period are also tragedies.
Later period (1608 ~ 16 12): At this time, the James I dynasty was more corrupt and the social contradictions were more acute. Shakespeare deeply felt the disillusionment of humanistic ideals and retired to write romantic legendary dramas. His creative style is also romantic and illusory. Cymbeline (1609) and The Story of Winter (16 10) describe reunion after separation or reconciliation after being framed. The Tempest (16 1 1) describes that the Duke of Milan used magic to take the boat of Antonio, his younger brother who sought power usurpation, to a desert island, and forgave him, and his younger brother returned to the throne. A political storm similar to Hamlet became calm in the process of forgiveness and probation.
Your long summer will never fade/Shakespeare (UK)
How can I compare you to summer?
You are not only cuter than him, but also gentler than him;
The strong wind humiliated the buds that might have been loved,
The period of renting a house in summer is too short;
The eyes in the sky are sometimes too dazzling,
His shining golden face is often covered up;
Destroyed by chance or freedom paradise,
Without beauty, it will eventually wither or be destroyed.
But your long summer will never fade,
I won't lose your bright red fragrance;
Or death boasts that you wander in his shadow,
When you are as long as time in immortal poems.
As long as there are humans, or people have eyes,
This poem will live on and give you life.
Cross the ocean
Tennyson (UK)
About the author: Tennyson (1809— 1892) was the "Poet Laureate" in Victorian England. He was born in a priest's family, and he showed a high talent for poetry since he was a child. /kloc-when he was 0/5 years old, he published "Brothers Poetry" with his two brothers. From 65438 to 0828, he went to Cambridge University to study, changed his introverted personality, joined the poetry club and actively participated in poetry activities. 1829, the poet's short poem won the gold medal awarded by Cambridge University. However, the poet's life was not smooth sailing. 193 1 year, the poet gave up his studies in Cambridge because of his father's death. 1832, the poet's poems were published, which was extremely satirized and attacked by critics, making the poet not involved in poetry for more than ten years. 1833, the best friend who was engaged to the poet's sister suddenly became terminally ill and passed away. The poet is so sad that he can only comfort his soul by writing poems. 1950, the poet published "Ai Ji", which took 17 years to write and caused a sensation in the whole poetry circle. In the same year, the poet married his lover who had been in love for 15 years, which was a double happiness. Later, honors followed, and the poet was named "Poet Laureate". The poet in his later years lived a leisurely life and got a seat in the House of Lords-a place far away from poetry, especially great poetry. Therefore, although the poets in their later years kept writing, they did not achieve much.
Cross the ocean/Tennyson (UK)
The sun sets and Venus shines high.
What a clear call!
I hope the waves don't whine,
I will travel far across the sea;
The flowing sea seems to be asleep,
No more waves and waves,
Sea water comes from a bottomless abyss,
But he returned to his hometown.
The light of dusk, the bell of evening prayer,
Then it will be dark!
I hope there is no sadness when I say goodbye.
At the moment I boarded the spaceship;
Although the flood will take me away,
Away from the scope of time and space,
I look forward to meeting my helmsman,
When I cross the sea.
works appreciation
This poem comes from the poet's collection of poems "Mourning Collection" and is one of the poet's famous works. The poet wants to use this poem to express the memory of his lost best friend and the pain of that memory. With deep nostalgia, the poet intends to cross the sea by boat to find his best friend. However, the poet is not limited to this, but transcends the usual feelings of missing and writes about the human mind in his poems.
The poet stood quietly on the coast facing the sea. Although there are sad songs in the depths of the sea, the expression of the sea is silent. The poet held his head high and saw the splendid sunset, "Venus is shining high". The poet seemed to hear a call, "clear call".
At this time, the poet was on a long journey. When the poet was about to travel, he saw the "twilight" and heard the "bell of evening prayer". The slightly dim sunset, against the backdrop of church bells, is faint and charming. Is it a scenic spot in the sky or a wonder on earth? When night comes, the poet has no room for thinking. The poet can only hide his sadness and get on the boat in sad memories. In painful memories, the poet's heart is like the sea: although his surging passion and dreams cover the universe, he would rather bear all the sadness and pain for the rest of his lost friends or predecessors and for a peaceful and beautiful future; The poet stood quietly and calmly, thinking about the coming journey.
Sea water comes and goes in the bottomless abyss, but they can go back to their hometown. What about the poet? May have to face the flood, the flood that mercilessly swept away everything; Perhaps there is no longer time and space in front of the poet, and it is chaotic. But the poet is full of pride, ambition and self-confidence. At the end of the poem, the poet said, "I look forward to seeing my helmsman."
The style of poetry is gloomy. With that mental burden, the poet sang the sadness of the soul and the deep memory of his best friend perfectly with the help of unique rhythm and appropriate metaphors and symbols. From that metaphor and symbol, we can clearly see the traditional expression of English lyric poetry, that is, digging deep into nature and looking for symbols that properly express the subjective mind. At the same time, the unique melody in the poem breaks through the tradition of English poetry and expands the boundaries of English poetry.
When you are old-Ye Zhi (Irish)
Brief introduction of the author
William Butler Yeats (1865- 1939) was born in Dublin on 1864. His great-grandfather and grandfather were both rectors of Irish churches, but his father betrayed religion and made a living by painting. Ye Zhi spent most of his childhood in sligo, a port city in western Ireland. Many relatives of his mother live there. Ye Zhi liked the scenery there very much, which later became the background of many of his poems. Ye Zhi also likes to talk with fishermen there and listen to people telling stories, which later became the source of his folk stories.
1874, the Ye Zhi family moved to London, but they always missed Ireland, so in 1880, they returned to Dublin. Ye Zhi was educated at hammersmith School in Gothenburg and institutions of higher learning in Dublin.
1884, under the influence of his father, he wanted to be a painter and entered the art school in Dublin. But by 1886, he didn't want to develop in painting, so he dropped out of school to specialize in poetry creation and decided to become a poet.
1889 was an extraordinary year for Ye Zhi. This year, he published his first book of poetry, The Odyssey and Others. The theme and language of this collection of poems have Irish local color, which has aroused readers' strong interest. From this year until 1899, Ye Zhi lived in London and made many famous poets, including the aesthete Wilde and the poet Morris, who had an influence on Ye Zhi's thought and creation. This year, Ye Zhi helped a group of young poets, such as Arthur Sames, Lionel Johnson and Ernest Dawson, to form the Poets' Club. This organization later became the most important literary society in Britain at the end of this century. Ye Zhi agreed with their aestheticism, but he was not bound by their views. Ye Zhi's interest mainly lies in his personality and philosophical theory and his study of the poet Blake. He compiled Selected Poems of Blake (1893), from which he learned the artistic skills of expressing his poetic thoughts with illusion.
This year, Ye Zhi also met the Irish patriot Maud Gunny and fell in love with her. Later, Ye Zhi also helped her to carry out revolutionary activities. Although they failed to combine in the end, Ye Zhi regarded her as the embodiment of his ideal and wrote many beautiful poems. During his stay in London, Ye Zhi also visited Paris many times and got in touch with the schools of French poetry at that time, especially the symbolism school, which had a significant impact on his creation. The poems before Ye Zhi 1900 were deeply influenced by aestheticism and symbolism. However, because most of Ye Zhi's poems choose themes from Irish national history and culture, and draw lessons from the poetic expression methods of Blake, Shelley and Spencer, his early poems often combine romantic fantasy with rational thinking, and combine abstract concepts with concrete images, and his language is full of musical beauty and Irish local color.
Ye Zhi's early poetry collections include Orsin's Roaming and Others, as well as poetry collections (1895) and The Wind of Lu Cong (1899). Insafe Island (1890) is a famous lyric poem in Ye Zhi's early period, which has the characteristics of Ye Zhi's early poems. The whole poem has a negative tendency to escape from reality and beautify retirement. In art, it is attractive to combine the fantasy of retirement with the specific image of the island. During this period, Ye Zhi also created many works with positive thoughts and artistic success, such as When You Are Old and Deep Vows for Mao Tegang, which vividly expressed the poet's sincere and healthy love for Mao Tegang with rich imagination, slow music rhythm and simple language. His famous poems include Lida, Swan and Glazed Glass Carving.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Ireland, under the leadership of Sinn Fein Party, launched the national autonomy movement. Ye Zhi returned to Dublin from London. He supported the movement to some extent and enthusiastically participated in the Irish drama reform. 1904, together with playwrights Mrs Gregory and john singh, he founded Abbey Theatre to stage plays about Irish history and peasant life. Catherine of Hulihan, written by Ye Zhi in 1902, expresses Irish people's desire for independence. In addition, plays such as Dialectical Threshold of the King (1904), Dred (1907) and Green Helmet (19 10) also show the Irish national spirit. Most of his plays are based on ancient Irish legends and myths, with beautiful language, beautiful background and poetic beauty. Although Ye Zhi's achievements in drama were not as good as his poems, he made great contributions to the Irish Renaissance.
Influenced by the Irish national autonomy movement, Ye Zhi's poetry from the early 20th century to the 1920s changed in poetic style and got rid of the tendency of "Guanism". He used symbolism to express the realistic content, and the realistic factors were greatly enhanced. His poems are no longer illusory and hazy in his early days, but full of fighting and realistic feelings that he rejected in his early days. During this period, he wrote many good poems, such as Limestone and 19 16 Easter (19 16).
19 16 Easter was written by a poet to commemorate the Irish uprising in 19 16. In his poems, the poet praised the noble qualities of the martyrs, and believed that it was the heroic sacrifice of the martyrs that made Ireland gain national dignity, changed the lifeless situation ruled by others, and produced tragic beauty. However, because the poet doesn't know much about the uprising, his poems also show confusion about the uprising.
After the Irish gained autonomy through struggle, Ye Zhi became a senator in 1922 and served as the chairman of the monetary committee until 1928.
1923, Ye Zhi won the Nobel Prize in Literature because he was "always full of inspiration, … and expressed the spirit of the whole nation in exquisite artistic form".
The late twenties to the late thirties is the late period of Ye Zhi's life and creation. Ye Zhi's political and cultural thoughts in his later period are more obvious because the Irish Renaissance itself has a side of maintaining aristocratic culture. He believes that nobles have wealth and know manners, and only they can produce rulers and clean governments among them, and only they can protect art and give artists time to create art. Later, he spent a lot of time studying oriental philosophy and translating the ancient Indian philosophical classic Upanishads. Therefore, in his later philosophical thoughts, he emphasized the contradictory unity of good and evil, life and death, beauty and ugliness, and pursued perfection and eternity. All this is reflected in his later works, such as the famous poems "Sailing to Byzantium" (1928) and "Byzantium" (1929), which praised the ancient aristocratic civilization and symbolized the eternity of Byzantium. It is a paradise without human life and death, where spirit and matter, individuals and society have reached a high degree of harmony and unity.
Ye Zhi's later poems are completely mature in art, such as Bell Tower (1928), Spiral Stairs (1929), New Poems (1938) and The Last Poem (1939). In poetry, images contain multiple meanings and represent a complete theme as a whole. The language of Ye Zhi's later poems is more concise and clear, which has won the appreciation of readers.
Ye Zhi, like his good friend and great Indian poet Tagore, became more creative in his later years. In recent two years, he strongly opposed the idea of literary and artistic creation, and advocated coming out of the "cave of the soul" and creating in real life, especially drawing artistic materials from primitive and rough things. Therefore, his poetic style has made new progress in the past two years, getting rid of the unfathomable and complicated symbolic images in the later period, which makes his poetry directly declare life and express lust in art and has the characteristics of ballad.
In addition to poetry and drama, Ye Zhi also wrote the novel John Schumann and Du Ye (189 1) and the prose collection Cready Twilight (1893).
Ye Zhi died in the south of France on 19391October 28th. His body was not escorted to Ireland until 1948, and was buried under the "Drum Cliff" in sligo, which was his favorite place in childhood.
When you are old, Wen/Ye Zhi (Irish)
I am sleepy when I am old and white.
Take a nap by the fire. Please write down this poem.
Read slowly and recall the tenderness of your eyes in the past.
Recall the heavy shadows of their past.
How many people love you when you are young and happy?
Worship your beauty is false or true.
Only one person loves your pilgrim soul.
Love the painful wrinkles on your aging face
Hang your head by the red light stove.
Whispering sadly about the passing of love.
It paced slowly on the mountain overhead.
There is a face hidden among a group of stars.
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