第8单元浪漫主义诗人（2）
George Gordon Byron
She Walks in Beauty
1.What is the colour of the lady’s dress?How do you know?
Key:The lady’s dress is black.Because“She walks in beauty,like the night/Of cloudless climes and starry skies”.We can see that she is dressed in black and looks like the dark night.
2.What does“their dwelling place”refer to in the last line of the second stanza? Key:It refers to the lady’s face.“Or softly lightens o’er her face;/Where thoughts serenely sweet express/How pure,how dear their dwelling-place.”From these lines,we can know that“their”refers to“thoughts’”.
3.Where are the lady’s winning smiles?How do they appear to the poet?
Key:The winning smiles are on the lady’s face and over her brow.
The poet observes the woman’s tints on the face,so he figures out the smile on it.
When a Man Hath No Freedom to Fight for at Home
1.What should a man fight for according to the poet?
Key:According to the poet,a man should fight for glories and freedom.“Let him
think of the glories of Greece and of Rome”,“Then battle for freedom wherever you can”.
2.What is the difference between this man in Byron’s poem and a hero in your mind?
Key:In my mind,a hero should only think about others and forget about his own life and glories.However,in this poem,the man is seeking for rewards and is thinking about being knighted if he can live through the war.“And is always as nobly requited”,“And,if not shot or hang’d,you’ll get knighted”.
Percy Bysshe Shelly
1.In what way is the West Wind both a destroyer and a preserver?
Key:The poet describes vividly the activities of the west wind on the earth,in the sky and on the sea,and then expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of the west wind,and his wish to be free like the wind and to scatter his words among humankind.The west wind is the destroyer as it is turbulent and strong and destroys the wide spread vegetation.It drives the last signs of life from the trees. It is the preserver as it brings life to the dead atmosphere,and it scatters the seeds which will come to life in the spring.The west wind enjoys boundless freedom and has the power to spread messages far and wide.
2.What is the relationship between the West Wind and the poet?
Key:The poet admires and envies the West Wind very much.He admires the West Wind because it is very powerful,and he envies the West Wind because it is free from any restriction.The poet wants to be like the West Wind,which becomes the symbol of power and freedom.What’s more,the poet appeals to the West Wind to infuse him with a new spirit and a new power to spread his ideas.
3.As“the trumpet of prophecy,”what does the West Wind predict in physical reality?How do you understand it symbolically?
Key:The West Wind predicts that the cold winter is coming.
The West Wind symbolizes a kind of revolutionary power and spirit.It destroys the old and builds up the new.It predicts the winter is nearby,thus the spring is not far behind.In a deeper sense,it predicts that the bright future is not far away.
John Keats
1.Describe,in your own words,the scenes on the Grecian urn.Who are they in the pictures?And what are they doing?
Key:There are two scenes on the Grecian urn.The first scene describes the fair youth under the tree tying to kiss his lover,but he cannot.The second scene is that people are coming to the sacrifice on the morning of a special day.
2.Who is the speaker of the last two lines in the ode?
Key:I think the speaker is the urn.However,it clearly conveys the poet’s ides of beauty and truth.
ment on the epigram"beauty is truth,truth beauty".
Key:I agree that truth is beauty,but I cannot agree that beauty is truth.Truth is always real,charming and beautiful,so,we can say that truth is beauty.However, beauty is not always true,especially with the development of technology,some artificial beauty emerges,such as artificial flowers,artificial plants,and even artificial noses and eyes…they are also beautiful,but they are not real.。