The original sentence is Cast a cold eye, on life, on death, horseman, pass by!
Translation: Cast a cold glance at life and death, knight, move forward!
Source: The last sentence of the late work "Under the Ben Bulben Mountain"
Original text: Under bare Ben Bulben's head (under the bare Ben Bulben's head)
< p>In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross. )
No marble, no conventional phrase; (No marble monument, no conventional phrase;)
On limestone quarried near the spot (On limestone quarried nearby,)
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By his command these words are cut:? (It is the words carved according to his instructions:)
Cast a cold eye (cast a cold look)
On life, on death. (To life, to death)
Horseman, pass by! (Knight, go forward!)
Extended information:?
< p>Yeats's writing characteristics:His early poems were mostly based on Irish legends and folk songs. Yeats was a participant in the Irish nationalist movement, so politics was a major theme in his poems; closely linked to Yeats's nationalist passion was his love for Maud Gonn, an outstanding actress who devoted herself to the renaissance of Irish culture. Love, therefore, is also a lifelong theme for Yeats.
Just when Yeats felt that his early style had reached its peak and the new direction of development was not yet clear, Ezra Pound entered Yeats's life circle and had a great influence on the formation of his new style. Big impact.
This influence directly led to a new subtle concreteness in Yeats's middle-term poetry, which is similar to Pound's Imagist poetry. This change manifested itself not only in content but also in diction, and the result was a new unpretentious, concrete style. It pays more attention to spiritual imagery and details, and the emotions expressed are more clear.
The style of Yeats' later poems is more simple and precise, with a strong colloquial tone. They are mostly based on details of the poet's personal life and social life at that time, and often use death and love as themes to express a certain situation. clear emotions and thoughts.
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