英美诗歌赏析

She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron She walks in beauty, like the night 　　Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 　　And all that's best of dark and bright 　　Meet in her aspect and her eyes: 　　Thus mellowed to that tender light 　　Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, 　　Had half impaired the nameless grace 　　Which waves in every raven tress, 　　Or softly lightens o'er her face; 　　Where thoughts serenely sweet express 　　How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, 　　So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, 　　The smiles that win, the tints that glow, 　　But tell of days in goodness spent, 　　A mind at peace with all below, 　　A heart whose love is innocent! 第一次读到这首诗，被这首诗优美的句子和韵律所打动。当时还不能理解更深，只觉得美。诗人是在见到一位穿丧服夫人后做下此诗。个人感受是对于出现在眼前的惊艳之人或物，我们词穷时，诗人用本不能描述之描述记录下这一刻感受成为千古流传佳句。有人读到此诗会联想到《西西里的美丽传说》，何谓美艳不可方物。又或许会联想到James Blunt 的《You Are Beautiful》 人群中远远一撇，心中热血翻滚，却也只有远观，又或是永不可再见。 The Road Not Taken BY ROBERT FROST Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. • Trodden v. 践踏；行走（tread的过去分词） • Sigh vi. 叹息，叹气n. 叹息，叹气 • Grassy adj. 长满草的；草绿色的 Wanted Wear ［weə］ 人迹罕至的 Worn ［wɔːn］ v. 穿；磨损（wear的过去分词未 选 择 的 路 （美）弗罗斯特 顾子欣 译 黄色的树林里分出两条路, 可惜我不能同时去涉足, 我在那路口久久伫立, 我向着一条路极目望去, 直到它消失在丛林深处. 但我却选了另外一条路, 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂, 显得更诱人、更美丽, 虽然在这两条小路上, 都很少留下旅人的足迹, 虽然那天清晨落叶满地, 两条路都未经脚印污染. 呵,留下一条路等改日再见! 但我知道路径延绵无尽头, 恐怕我难以再回返. 也许多少年后在某个地方, 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾, 一片树林里分出两条路, 而我选了人迹更少的一条, 从此决定了我一生的道路. 点评：林中分两路，荒草遍丛生。我伫十字口，迹疏却行之。他日回眸处，殊途由此始！