Thomas Nashe′s Spring is a lyric poem extracted from his comedy "Will Summer′s Testament". It is a poem of iambic pentameter. The whole poem is made up of three stanzas. Simple and plain as its language is...Thomas Nashe′s Spring is a lyric poem extracted from his comedy "Will Summer′s Testament". It is a poem of iambic pentameter. The whole poem is made up of three stanzas. Simple and plain as its language is , it is the language of common speech of his own time, ingeniously chosen, refined, modified and heightened. The author′s use of a combination of alliteration, mediate and end rhyme in its rhyme scheme makes the poem read as smoothly and briskly as singing a song. His arrangement of four rhythm or beating schemes in a single poem makes the poem confirm to no conventional pattern. His employment of many rhetorical devices makes the poem vivid, imaginative and perfective.展开更多
文摘Thomas Nashe′s Spring is a lyric poem extracted from his comedy "Will Summer′s Testament". It is a poem of iambic pentameter. The whole poem is made up of three stanzas. Simple and plain as its language is , it is the language of common speech of his own time, ingeniously chosen, refined, modified and heightened. The author′s use of a combination of alliteration, mediate and end rhyme in its rhyme scheme makes the poem read as smoothly and briskly as singing a song. His arrangement of four rhythm or beating schemes in a single poem makes the poem confirm to no conventional pattern. His employment of many rhetorical devices makes the poem vivid, imaginative and perfective.
