火的化身——毕肖普《渔房》和柯尔律治《古舟子咏》的文体和意象

Transmutation of Fire:Stylistics and Imagery in Bishop's “At the Fishhouses” and Coleridge's “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

尽管伊丽莎白·毕肖普的触景默想诗《渔房》和萨缪尔·柯尔律治的叙事诗《古舟子咏》在形式、长短和风格上好像大相径庭,但是两首诗在处理大海经历上却极其相似,两部作品的隐含作者有着相近的人格和诗境,两部作品在文体上也有很多相近之处。毕肖普留意平凡之美的精神、她对超自然力量的看法加上她对动物的态度都可能使她成为欣赏老水手故事的理想听众。水作为知识的主题以及汲取知识再到升华的过程在两部作品中产生了共鸣。

Elizabeth Bishop's contemplative poem "At the Fishhouses"and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ballad"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner",though different in form,length and style,have notable but unusual echoes in their treatment of experiences with the sea. Furthermore,the implied authors of the two works have comparative values and states of mind,and the stylistics of both works share similarities. Bishop's attentiveness towards the beauty in the ordinary,her perspective on the supernatural,and her attitude toward animals make her an ideal listener who would appreciate the significance of the Mariner' s tale.The motif of water as knowledge and the symbol of transmutation as a process of learning are what resonates between the two works.