问答题
The following poem is "Sailing to Byzantium" written by W. B. Yeats. Write an analysis of the poem in about 200 -300 words.(20 marks)IThat is no country for old men. The youngIn one another" s arms, birds in the trees—Those dying generations—at their song,The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.IIAn aged man is but a paltry thing,A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder singFor every tatter in its mortal dress,Nor is there singing school but studyingMonuments of its own magnificence;And therefore I have sailed the seas and comeTo the holy city of Byzantium.IIIO sages standing in God" s holy fireAs in the gold mosaic of a wallCome from the holy fire, perne in a gyre,And be the singing-masters of my soul.Consume my heart away; sick with desireAnd fastened to a dying animalIt knows not what it is; and gather meInto the artifice of eternity.IVOnce out of nature I shall never takeMy bodily form from any natural thing,But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths makeOf hammered gold and gold enamellingTo keep a drowsy Emperor awake;Or set upon a golden bough to singTo lords and ladies of ByzantiumOf what is past, or passing, or to come.
【正确答案】正确答案：The following poem is "Sailing to Byzantium" written by W. B. Yeats. Write an analysis of the poem in about 200 -300 words.(20 marks) " Sailing to Byzantium" is a poem by William Butler Yeats. It comprises four stanzas in ottava rima, each made up of eight ten-syllable lines. Through the use of various poetic techniques, Yeats" "Sailing to Byzantium" describes the metaphorical journey of a man pursuing his own vision of eternal life as well as his conception of paradise. As a literal paraphrase, the first stanza consists of the speaker describing his former country, a place that is not oriented toward the aged. The second stanza describes elderly humans as thin and frail. This undesirable state can only be eliminated through the efforts of the soul. Having arrived at Byzantium, the speaker in stanza three begins a prayer to the sages within the city. Stanza four continues the speaker" s prayer. He would choose to be a gold mechanical bird, singing to the emperors, lords, and ladies of Byzantium of "what is past, or passing, or to come". The poem" s theme, Parker writes, is " the perfection of the human soul in a city of perfect and eternal art" yet he goes on to say "it soon becomes clear that the old man, who has but come / To the holy city of Byzantium" in the first two stanzas, merely implores in stanzas III and IV the powers of the city and imagines what will happen when his desperate prayer is answered". "Sailing to Byzantium" deals with the nature of the human soul. The fate of the soul of the speaker is never confirmed. His soul may never reach into eternity. The hope in his fate lies in the monuments of art that inspired his journey. If he does succeed, then his promised song may inspire others to make the long journey as well.