再论《秋颂》

A Re - discussion on To Autumn

《秋颂》作为颂诗,表现了与传统颁诗完全不同的特点,它既不是委身于崇高而对崇高所发出的赞叹,也不是委身于神而对神的心灵顿悟,这是一种另类的崇高。一般来说,济慈的颂诗都存在着明显的顿悟时刻,既瞬间的幻觉伴随着瞬间的清醒。但《秋颂》是一个例外,它没有这样的转折。它是一场醒着的梦,是猜想的推演,是成功的移情,而不是一首纯粹的自然诗,一首现世的颂歌。

The poem To Autumn, as an ode, presents something new and quite different from the one traditionally defined. Neither is it a gasp in admiration by the poet who was completely overwhelmed in front of sublimity , nor is it an insight of the poet when he committed the whole of himself to the Almighty. On the contrary, it is an ode of the other kind. Generally, there is apparently a sudden realization in Keats'odes or a twinkling of illusion immediately followed by that of disillusion. However, To Autumn is an exception without such a turn. It should be said, to some extent, To Autumn is more a waking dream, an evolution of conjecture as well as a successful empathy than a pure praise of nature, an ode of the secular world.