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1、In a Station of the MetroEzra Poind 埃兹拉埃兹拉 庞德庞德2021/3/251授课:XXXBackgroundContentStyle2021/3/252授课:XXXBackground The poem was written in 1913, the First World War was coming. Everyone at that time is under the horrific shadow of the war. He is one of the leaders of the Imagist Movement of poetry. It
2、is an observation of the poet of the human faces seen in a Pariss subway station in which the faces turned variously toward light and darkness.2021/3/253授课:XXXIn a Station of the MetroThe apparition of faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet,black bough.地铁站上地铁站上人群中,这些面孔的鬼影;人群中,这些面孔的鬼影;潮湿的黑树枝上的花瓣。(余光中)潮湿的
3、黑树枝上的花瓣。(余光中)在一个地铁车站在一个地铁车站人群中这些面孔幽灵般显现;人群中这些面孔幽灵般显现; 湿漉漉的黑枝条上湿漉漉的黑枝条上朵朵朵朵花瓣花瓣(杜运燮)(杜运燮)在地铁站在地铁站 人群中幽然浮现的一张张脸庞,人群中幽然浮现的一张张脸庞, 黝黑的湿树枝上的一片片花瓣。黝黑的湿树枝上的一片片花瓣。2021/3/254授课:XXXContentThis poem just has 14 words in the whole poem. However, the images in this poem give us the interior meaning. The images ar
4、e apparition, faces, petals and bough.What does the apparition mean? One is “suddenly appear” and the other is “something like the ghost”. This word nicely captures the immediate impression left on the poets mind and the powerful emotional impact he felt in that situation.We can easily touch that th
5、e faces in the subway are depressed.2021/3/255授课:XXXAt this time, Pound saw a childs lovely face,The lovely faces mixed with the depressed faces. And the poet arouses a complex of joy and fear which is hard to tell from each other. Of course, in this poem, petals indicate faces. When we mention peta
6、ls, we also think about smiling or some beautiful thing. The subway is just like the bough, although it is wet, dark and black, we still should use love and smiling to face them. Content2021/3/256授课:XXXStyle Written in a Japanese haiku style(俳句俳句)Pounds process of deletion from thirty lines to only
7、fourteen words typifies Imagisms focus on economy of language, precision of imagery and experimenting with non-traditional verse forms. It is always acknowledged as the best imagist poem.This poem is in a succinct style which just has 14 words in the whole poem. He uses two lines to describe a vivid
8、 picture for us. The first line is narration and the second is expression.2021/3/257授课:XXXI have mentioned that apparition has two means which is a typical pun. The petals obviously indicate the lovely faces, so it is a metaphor. And the first line and the second line are using the contrast. Repeati
9、ng it, you can feel the beauty of music through its repetition of different vowels and consonants, such as /p/ and /au/. Especially the repetition of /e/ in the second line emphasizes its sense of music.Style2021/3/258授课:XXX站台掠影站台掠影茫茫人海魅影见,茫茫人海魅影见,沉沉黑枝雨打花瓣残。沉沉黑枝雨打花瓣残。Thank You2021/3/259授课:XXXThank you!2021/3/2510