Dickinson (USA)
On a winter afternoon,
There's an oblique beam of light—
Like a church bell, heavy.
In our hearts—
It brought sacred trauma—
No scars,
Only thoughts,
In order to perceive * * *
Ah, what a solemn despair-
It's a pity that no one has enlightened-
Because of this noble pain
God's will—
There you are. The whole earth—
Everyone was listening, even the shadows held their breath-
But when you leave, it is so far away.
It seems that we have seen the distance of death-
(translated by Fan Yue)
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is a famous imagist poetess in America. The rise of American modernist art is a little later than that of France. Frost, Cummings, Pound and Eliot are generally regarded as pioneers of American modernist poetry. Dickinson is neither the representative of this era nor the enlightener of poets in this era. Many of her poems were discovered only after her death (she only published seven short poems before her death). It was not until the beginning of this century that she appeared in the sky like a new star, emitting brilliant brilliance, which had a great influence on the American new poetry tide.
Emily Dickinson's poems are novel and natural, with profound connotations, which focus on burning emotions. She is the first pioneer to break through the traditional rhythm box with semi-homophonic and homophonic, and express abstract ideas with rich images. She has a famous saying:
-ecstasy is land.
The soul rushes to the sea ...
Some critics believe that it contains an eternal understanding and love for nature. Many of her poems are related to life and nature. Although abstract, it shows the persistent pursuit of "eternal love". For example, "Oblique Light", a clever poem full of philosophical thinking, is a poem that takes death as a solemn destination and praises eternal nature and love. Why do you think so? Dickinson tries to show people that the soul is tired of life and points out the way to another unknown world. Dickinson lives in a devout Christian family, but she doesn't believe in Christian redemption theory. The oblique view of winter in the poem symbolizes the end of mankind, and the church bell calls for death. Although this kind of pain is "invisible scar", only inner perception can judge its "sacred" meaning. This not only shows the poet's pessimism, but also questions and censures the meaning of life: since the trauma caused by death is sacred and despair is solemn, what is left in the world? Therefore, when the poet saw the last oblique light of the sunset disappear, he couldn't help sighing with regret: "It's so far away, as if we saw the distance of death."
For a long time, some people have always thought that this is a poem that betrays faith and blasphemes religion. But it ignores the poet's serious thinking about her time. She has integrated her inner feelings with outer space, as if trying to get rid of the bondage of spirit and throw herself into the arms of nature and the sea, which symbolize eternal love.