I also wrote an article entitled "Alternative Criteria for Judging Poetry and Non-poetry", and quoted this sentence, arguing that poetry cannot be translated into another language. Extending this sentence, I think if a passage can be accurately translated into another language, it is not a poem. This is what I want to say about distinguishing poetry from non-poetry
But all these articles that quoted Frost's famous words, including my own, did not give the source of Frost's sentence, and sometimes even said a famous saying attributed to Robert Frost (allegedly Robert? Frost's famous words). The question asked by the previous reader: "Is this sentence from Frost's book or article?" It is also a question shared by many readers in the world.
I have not studied this question, and naturally there is no ready-made answer. However, I found on the Internet that Mr. Thom Satterlee, an associate professor of English at Taylor University in Indiana, USA, has done some research on this issue, and even wrote an article for detailed textual research. Because "Poetry is a lost thing? In Translation, Professor Satterlee's basic conclusion is:?
(1) This sentence cannot be found in any of Frost's works or articles. This conclusion was made by Mr. Mark Richardson, who edited Robert Frost: A Collection of Poetry, Prose and Drama.
(2) Frost's friend luis ahn Temer mentioned it in Robert Frost: A Review. Frost once said, "You have heard me say-perhaps too often-that poetry is lost in translation. It is also something lost in interpretation. " You often hear me say-perhaps too many times-that poetry is lost in translation and interpretation.
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Robert Frost (1874- 1963) is one of the most popular poets in the United States, leaving many well-known works, such as the glade, The Road Not Taken and Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Night. 1874 Robert frost was born in San Francisco on March 26th. 1 1 lost his father and moved to new England with his mother.
Since then, he has formed an indissoluble bond with this land. Frost/Kloc-began to learn to write poetry at the age of 0/6, and officially published his first poem at the age of 20. He worked hard and published more than 10 poems in his life. He went through hardships all his life, losing his father in childhood, his wife in middle age and his son (daughter) in old age.
After becoming famous, Frost was employed by many universities and often went out to read poems and give speeches. "He often drags his tired body home." Images related to loneliness, despair and death often appear in his poems, such as winter, snow, ice, frost and dead leaves. Therefore, Frost often uses metaphors such as withered roses and dried flowers to contrast the lonely, sad and lonely inner world. ?
1895 12 19 got married. In the next two years, my wife and I helped my mother manage a private school. During this period, he wrote poems and submitted them to various publications, but they were rarely published. The first poem he sold, My Butterfly: Elegy, was published in Independence, a literary weekly of 1894.
1In the autumn of 897, Frost entered Harvard University in order to become a middle school Latin and Greek teacher. However, in less than two years, he interrupted his studies because of lung disease and engaged in raising chickens. /kloc-In 0/900, his family moved to New Hampshire to take care of the farm his grandfather bought for him. Failing to run a farm, he taught again (1906- 19 12).
Before and after this, he roamed many places on foot and was regarded as "the peasant poet of New England". Most of his most famous poems were written in Delhi, but they didn't interest the editors.
19 12, Frost led his family to move to England. During my stay in London, I met ezra pound, E Thomas, t·e· Hume, w·w· Gibson, L Haybach Lamby and other poets. With the help of these friends, a publishing company in London immediately accepted his collection of lyric poems and published it in 19 13 under the title of a boy's will.
Then, his narrative poetry collection "North of Boston" was published in 19 14. The enthusiastic praise of British critics has attracted the attention of American publishing circles. Three American publishing companies immediately asked him for the manuscript.
After the beginning of World War I, Frost returned to the United States in February of 19 15 to run a farm in New Hampshire. It coincided with the publication of his first two poems in new york. It was warmly welcomed by American readers. Since then, his fame has greatly increased, ending the era of obscurity. After that, he won the Pulitzer Prize four times (New Hampshire by 1924, Selected Poems by193, Another Ranch by 1937 and A Tree Testimony by 1943).
He has taught or conducted research at Amherst College, University of Michigan and Harvard University. He is very interested in botany. Most of the poems in the boy's will are about plants. Nature is of religious significance to him.