【正确答案】正确答案：The objective of correlative is something(such as a situation, a chain of events, or a set of objects)that symbolizes or objectifies a particular emotion and that may be used in creative writing to evoke a desired emotional response in the reader. According to Eliot, the only way a writer can express emotion in the form of art is by identifying the proper objective correlative. But in my view, one possible flaw of Eliot"s theory might be that an author"s intentions concerning expression would be understood or not. Although Eliot once said that there was a verbal formula for any given state of emotion which, when found and used, would evoke that state and no other, the fact is that droplets of rain, for example, doesn"t mean the emotion of sadness to everyone. So the objective correlative is a good way of expression, but it can also leave the audience without an emotional reaction or invoke the wrong emotion.

【答案解析】解析： 艾略特认为英国诗歌在18世纪以后趋向于理念化、概念化，思想与感情、思想与形象脱节，而19世纪诗歌的思想感情又趋于朦胧模糊，因此诗人应回头向17世纪前期(即文艺复兴后期)和玄学派的诗人学习。他认为诗人表达思想感情不能像哲学家或技巧不高明的诗人那样直接表达或抒发，而要找到“客观对应物”，诗人必须像古典主义作家那样用冷静的头脑，把“客观对应物”，如各种意象、情景、事件、掌故、引语，搭配成一副图案来表达某种情绪，并能立刻在读者心中引起同样的感情，做到文情一致，以纠正19世纪诗歌的朦胧模糊的效果。