英语修辞与文体 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud1--本科毕业设计论文.doc

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湖南科技大学

潇湘学院外国语系课程学期论文

课程名称：

英语修辞与文体

论文题目：

AStylisticAnalysisofWilliam

Wordsworth'sPoemIWanderedLonelyasaCloud

姓名：

杨杨

班级：

综合001

学号：

082010323

学年学期：

2010-2011-2

AStylisticAnalysisofWilliamWordsworth'sPoemI

WanderedLonelyasaCloud

摘要:

本文主要从语音层面，语相层面，修辞手法等方面来对威廉.华兹华斯的诗歌《我好似一朵流云独自漂流》进行文体分析。

关键词：

语音层面;语相层面;修辞手法;威廉.华兹华斯;《我好似一朵流云独自漂流》

Abstract:

ThispaperintendstostudyingthepoemIWanderedLonelyasaCloudbyWilliamWordsworthfromtheaspectsofthephonologicallevel,thegraphologicallevelandfiguresofspeech.

Keywords:

thePhonologicalLevel;thegraphologicallevel;figuresofspeech

Introduction

WilliamWordsworthistheleadingfigureoftheEnglishRomanticMovementinpoetry，thefocalvoiceoftheromanticperiod.Hehadmadeoutstandingcontributionstothetheorycreationandpracticeofpoetrycreation．Heobservesthat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling”,andpoetryoriginatesfrom“emotionrecollectedintranquility”.TheseprincipleshelptocrumblethetheoreticalfoundationsoftheclassicalschoolofEnglishpoetry,rejectingtheemphasisontheformandanintellectualapproachthatdrainedpoeticwritingofstrongemotion,andalsoinspireanewgenerationofpoets.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudisoneofhismasterpiecesonnature,whichcantakeustothecoreofhispoeticbeliefs.

IWanderedLonelyasaCloud

--WilliamWordsworth

Iwanderedlonelyasacloud

Thatfloatsonhigho’ervalesandhills,

WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,

Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;

Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,

Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.

Continuousasthestarsthatshine

Andtwinkleonthemilkyway,

Theystretchedinnever-endingline

Alongthemarginofabay:

TenthousandsawIataglance,

Tossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance.

Thewavesbesidethemdanced;butthey

Outdidthesparklingwavesinglee;

Apoetcouldnotbutbegay

Insuchajocundcompany;

Igaze--andgazed--butlittlethought

Whatwealththeshowtomehadbrought:

Foroft,whenonmycouchIlie

Invacantorinpensivemood,

Theyflashuponthatinwardeye

Whichistheblissofsolitude;

Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,

Anddanceswiththedaffodils.

1.AtthePhonologicalLevel

1.1Meter

Thispoemiswrittenbasicallyiniambictetrameter.However,iftheauthorisconsistentthroughoutthepoeminusingthispattern,itmaymakethepoemsounddullandsolemn,thusnotinkeepingwiththeintentionoftheauthortodescribethebriskdancingofthedaffodils.Forthisreason,theauthormakessomeadjustmentsincertainplaces.Forinstance,inthelastlineofthefirststanza（“Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze”）,thereareonlythreestressedsyllables:

/t/,/si/and/bri:

/.Andsuchadjustmentinrespectofthestressskillfullyconveysthechangeinthepoet’sstateofmind:

justwhenthepoetwanderedasacloudsolitarily,abedofdaffodilscameintohisview,makinghimenlivenedandexhilarated.Anotherexamplecomesfromthelastlineofthesecondstanza（“Tossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance”）,here,thefirstfootturnstobeatrochee.Andthisvariationreinforcesthemovementexpressedbytheverb“toss”,whichdelineatesvividlythescenethatthedaffodilsraisetheirheadsgailyinthebreeze,thusmakingthewholesentencemoreexpressive,andatthesametime,conveyingtheuncontrolledpassionoftheauthoratthatmoment.

Inaddition,inthispoem,theauthormakesgreateffortsinthephoneticchoice.Forexample,amongthestressedsyllables,inthefirststanza,therearealotoflongvowelsanddiphthongsmakingthetempoofthepoemslowdown;whileinthesecondstanza,theshortvowelsassumeadominantpositioninthedistributionofvowels,thusspeedingupthepaceofthepoem.Thischange,obviously,isinaccordancewiththechangeinthetoneofthepoem.Inthefirststanza,thepoetwanderedlonelyasacloudoverthevalesandhills,andcameacrosssuddenlyahostofdaffodils,sothemovementisslowandaimless,andthebasictoneofthisstanzaiscarelessness,orevenlethargy.Sothetemposhouldbeslow.However,inthesecondstanza,thepoetfocusesonthedescriptionofthesprightlydancingdaffodilsinthewind,thebasictoneisbrisknessandrapture

sothetemponowshouldbequickened.

1.2Rhyme

Thepoemisdividedintofourstanzaswiththerhymeschemeas:

ababccforeachstanza.Tobemorespecific,ineachstanza,therearethreerhymingcouplets:

thefirstlineandthethirdline,thesecondlineandthefourthline,andthelasttwolines,thusmakingthepoemgoessmoothly,harmoniouslyandrhythmically.

1.3Alliteration

Alliterationisacommonlyuseddeviceinpoetic