This essay directs at the water imagery of two poems Happy Rain on a Spring Night and A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree.Although living in different time and place, Chinese poet Du Fu and American poetess Emily Dickinson ...This essay directs at the water imagery of two poems Happy Rain on a Spring Night and A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree.Although living in different time and place, Chinese poet Du Fu and American poetess Emily Dickinson share some deep understanding of the water. This secret of water imagery is unveiled in this essay with the help of Archetypal Criticism, revealing its significance to the human beings as a race.展开更多
文摘This essay directs at the water imagery of two poems Happy Rain on a Spring Night and A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree.Although living in different time and place, Chinese poet Du Fu and American poetess Emily Dickinson share some deep understanding of the water. This secret of water imagery is unveiled in this essay with the help of Archetypal Criticism, revealing its significance to the human beings as a race.