绗簩璁?/p>
A Psalm of Life
閴磋祻
路鐩稿叧鑳屾櫙路
浜ㄥ埄路娌冨吂娓ユ柉路鏈楄垂缃楋紝
1807-1882
锛岀編鍥借瘲浜恒�?/p>
銆婁汉鐢熺ぜ璧炪�嬭繖棣栬瘲鍐欎簬
1838
骞?/p>
,
寰堝揩鎴愪负涓�棣栨瀬瀵岀洓鍚嶇殑璇楃瘒銆?/p>
姝よ瘲闀胯揪
9
鑺?/p>
,
浠ュ洓姝ユ姂鎵牸鍐欐垚銆?/p>
瀹冩槸涓�棣栬鏁欒瘲
,
鍝茬悊娣?/p>
鍒?/p>
,
浣滆�呮劅鍙圭敓娲荤殑鑹拌緵
,
鍔濆媺浜轰滑瑕佸潥闊т笉鎷?/p>
,
涓嶈姘旈
,
瑕佹尟浣?/p>
,
瑕佸鏂?/p>
,
瑕佹湁鎵�杩芥眰
,
瑕佹湁
鎵�浣滀负
,
浠庤�屼娇浜虹敓鐨勫皬鑸熷湪缁忚繃椋庢毚鐨勬礂绀间箣鍚庢姷杈剧悊鎯崇殑褰煎哺銆?/p>
銆婁汉鐢熺ぜ璧炪�?/p>
杩欓璇楄嚜鍙?/p>
琛ㄤ互鏉ヤ竴鐩村箍涓轰紶璇?/p>
,
鐩村埌
2000
骞磋繕琚綋骞寸殑缇庡浗妗傚啝璇椾汉涓庝粬浜虹粡骞挎硾璋冩煡鍚庨�夊畾
,
缂栧叆
銆婄編鍥戒汉鍠滅埍鐨勮瘲銆?/p>
銆傛湰璇楄繕鏄涓�棣栬璇戜负姹夎鐨勬缇庤瘲姝?/p>
,
鏈�鏃╃殑璇戞枃璺濅粖宸蹭竴鐧惧骞?/p>
,
璧㈠緱浜嗘棤鏁颁腑鍥借鑰呯殑蹇冦�?/p>
"A Psalm of Life" is a poem written by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was
published
in
October
of
1838.
It
is
a
poem
of encouragement,
telling the
reader not
to
waste
life.
Longfellow is sure to establish that life is real, and it will end soon. He wrote this poem at a fairly
young age, yet he has a deep and accurate insight of life.
The
content
of
the
poem
is
not
especially
unique.
The
speaker
is
involved
in
the
first
person
perspective, where he is directly addressing the reader. The tone is neither positive nor negative, but is
strictly honest. The tone remains the same "encouraging" style from beginning to end, and there is no
change
of
tone.
The
only
tension
found
in
the
poem
is
that
between
life
and
death
-
Longfellow
writes about how every living thing is affected by both conflicting states of being.
The word choice in "A Psalm of Life" was obviously carefully picked. An adjective is never repeated,
yet the poem reads perfectly. Each word has its own meaning, and its own unique take on life, and
every word adds something important, even vital, to the "life" of the poem. The rhythm also flows
flawlessly. The rhythm scheme is an eight syllable line followed by a seven syllable line. The poem
does not stray from that simple rhythm once.
Imagery
is
the
sole
method
of
expression
in
the
poem.
Longfellow
paints
a
word
picture
in
each
stanza that allows the reader to see more clearly what he is describing. Metaphors and Symbolism is
rampant - in fact, the poem is almost entirely comprised of these things.
The form of the poem is very basic. Each stanza is four lines long, making the poem a quatrain, and
the rhyme scheme follows the pattern "ABAB, CDCD, EFEF..." etc. for each of the nine stanzas.
Each stanza also has a recurrent rhythm pattern: 8 syllables, 7 syllables, 8 syllables, 7 syllables.
Analyzing the poem even deeper, you will notice that even the punctuation plays an important role.
Exclamation
points
are
used
to
establish
emphasis
on
a
particular
line.
There
is
no
pattern
to
the
punctuation, which makes it even more beneficial to strengthening the meaning of a phrase. Overall,
it is very obvious that "A Psalm of Life" is a well thought out poem.
璇嶈娉ㄨВ锛?/p>
Psalm
锛?/p>
The Book of Psalms, commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible
and
the
Christian
Bible.
Taken
together,
its
150
poems
express
virtually
the
full
range
of
Israel's