浅议英诗欣赏的三种视角——以威廉·布莱恩特的《致水鸟》为例

On Three Perspectives of Appreciating English Poetry——A Case Study of William Bryant’s To A Waterfowl

英语诗歌欣赏的方式多种多样,但从语言学、修辞学、诗学三方面着手,可以比较容易地把握诗歌的魅力。通过学习大学英语专业本科生教材《美国文学欣赏》的诗作,本文分析了美国诗人威廉·布莱恩特的佳作《致水鸟》的语言学、修辞学和诗学的三重涵义,阐明该诗作在形式和内容两方面达到完美契合。同时,读者也可以运用上述三种视角中的任何一种解读该教材中的其它诗篇。

There are several ways of appreciating English poetry. Nevertheless, it would be easier to approach the beauty of poetry from the perspectives of linguistics, figure of speech and poetics. The paper, through studying the textbook Appreciating American Literature used by undergraduates, analyzes in details the linguistic, figurative and poetic meanings of William Bryant's poem To A Waterfowl, showing the perfect match between its form and content. Meanwhile, readers may also employ any one of the above-mentioned ways to read other poems in the textbook.