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内容来自www.paper51.com The girl’s attractive voice is focused asa clue penetrating the whole work. The repeated etymological words, that is,the verbs forms “sings” and “sang”, noun form “song”, and the participle form “singing”,play an important role in emphasizing the sound and also echo with the rhythmicalballad pattern. In the third stanza, a question “Will no one tell me what shesings” is put forward, though the content of song is not exactly answered, thereaders are stirred to imagine and certainly know something from the poet’sthree speculations. No matter it is “For old, unhappy, far-off things, andbattles long ago, or is it some more humble lay familiar matter of to-day”, onething is certain from the words “unhappy”, “battle”, “humble”, “sorrow”, “loss”and “pain”: the reaping girl must have suffered or be suffering from some badthings. Apart from this, some adverbs as “long ago”, “today”, and “may be again”are chosen to indicate the past, present and future. Maybe it signifies thesong’s permanence, and so on. copyright paper51.com
Ina word, all these words and expressions are natural. They are public language,and language of peasants. Although simple in word’s using, rich meanings thatthe poet wants to explain are completely presented between the lines and thestanzas. From these words, we can draw that it reveals the poet’s deep love andsympathy for the humble people. http://www.paper51.com |