问答题
Read the two poems that follow. Then compare the tone of the first with the tone of the second. Show how they are the same and different. Use specific lines from each work to support your points.A Man Adrift On a Slim SparA man adrift on a slim sparA horizon smaller than the rim of a bottleTented waves rearing ashy dark pointsThe neat whine of froth in circles.God id cold 5The incessant raise and swing of the seaAnd growl after growl of crestThe sinkings, green, seething, endlessThe upheaval half-completed.God is cold. 10The seas are in the hollow of The Hand; Oceans may be turned to spray Raining down through the stars Because of a gesture of pity toward a babe,Oceans may become gray ashes,Die with a long moan and a roarAmid the tumult of the fishesAnd the cries of the shipsBecause The Hand beckons the mice.A horizon smaller than a doomed assassin"s cap,Inky, surging tumultsA reeling, drunken sky and no skyA pale hand sliding from a polished spar.God is cold. 24The puff of a coat imprisoning air;A face kissing the water-deathA weary slow sway of a lost handAnd the sea, the moving sea, the sea.God is cold.On His BlindnessWhen I consider how my light is spent,Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,And that one talent which is death to hideLodged with me useless, though my soul more bentTo serve therewith my Maker, and presentMy true account, lest he returning childe,"Doth God exact day labor, light denied?"I fondly ask: but patience, to preventThat murmur, soon replies: "God doth not needEither man"s work or his own gifts; who bestBear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His stateIs kingly; thousands at his bidding speedAnd post orer land and ocean without rest.They also serve who only stand and wait."
【正确答案】正确答案：Crane"s poem, A Man Adrift on a Slim Spar, speaks descriptively of the sea: "Tented waves rearing lashy dark points, the near whine of froth in circles...The incessant raise and swing of the sea, and growl after growl of crest"; the poem comes back four times to the line, "God is cold". Crane can manipulate nature, make it appear impersonal or personal, but any appearance of personality is merely an author"s trick, an illusion. In reality, "God is cold." God doesn"t exist; there is no personality behind nature. The titular male character, with no game given, shows much about Crane"s ideas about man: Man is alone and must fend for himself; man is all there is. This understanding removes God and seems to start with man glorified, but it ends with man reduced, no longer quite human. On the contrary, Milton"s On his blindness is a profound personal contemplation on the author"s incapability of seeing anything. It shows his complaint, but also the way out: to serve God the best he can with his disability, and to wait on God"s timing ("who best Bear this mild yoke, they serve him best"). This beautiful poem demonstrates his faith and shows how that faith gives him purpose and light, even in his darkness. This poem contains pain, comforting and highlights once again that all are equal in the sight of God.