Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

19th-Century American Poets

浪漫主义

代表作

夜吟 Voice of the Night

歌谣及其他  Ballads and Other Poems

(关于美国神话)1. 伊凡杰林 Evangeline

2.海华沙之歌 The Song of Hiawatha

I shot an Arrow

抒情诗

意象:射箭，吟歌（表达友谊地久天长）

抑扬格四音部imabic tetrametre

四行诗节形式

韵脚aabb，aacc，ddee

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1.Why did the speaker lose sight of his arrow and songs?

The arrows flies too swiftly and too far away to be seen by the speaker; whereas the song is naturally invisible

2.In what circumstances did he finds them again?

He finds them unexpectedly years later from the trunk of a tree and the heart of a friend.

3.What do arrow and song stand for in this poem?

The images of arrow and song here may stand for friendship.

如何分析诗歌?

1.form/style 

closed form  ode/lyric

2.rhyme scheme: aabb

3.rhythm

trochaic: more power and strenth

imabic: more gentle and slow

pentametre/tetrametre/trimetre

4.diction/rime/stanza  simple/complex

5.rhetorical devices

symbolism/imagery/simile

6.theme/tone