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an ultimate mystery of universe.七Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`39。 vainly I had sought to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow sorrow for the lost Lenore For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore Nameless here for evermore.And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtainThrilled me filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before。Presently my soul grew stronger。 here I opened wide the door。Merely this and nothing more.Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.`Surely,39。Tis the wind and nothing more!39。 I said, `art sure no craven.Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night39。For we cannot help agreeing that no living human beingEver yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door,With such name as `Nevermore.39。 said I, `what it utters is its only stock and store,Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disasterFollowed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden boreOf Nevernevermore.39。s core。er,She shall press, ah, nevermore!Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censerSwung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.`Wretch,39。 said I, `thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted On this home by horror haunted tell me truly, I implore Is there is there balm in Gilead? tell me tell me, I implore!39。Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.39。Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.39。er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor。 assonance2. Symbols:Raven= selfturtore。 the isolation of the manHelen, thy beauty is to meLike those Nicean barks of yore,That gently, o’er a perfum’d sea,The weary, wayworn wanderer boreTo his own native shore.On desperate seas long wont to roam,Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,Thy Naiad airs have brough me homeTo the beauty of fair Greece,And the grandeur of old Rome.Lo! In that little windownicheHow statuelike I see thee stand!The folded scroll within thy handA Psyche from the regions whichAre Holy Land!題目:To Helen作者:Edgar Allan Poe賞析:1. Theme: celebrate the nurturing power of women—Helen’s beauty is soothing and provide safety amp。 3. Represent beauty, melancholy. Though heart desired, inaccessible.4. Allusion, assonance, consonance, repetition5. Ababb/ababa/abbab6. Naiad= goddess。 The Female equally with the male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful—for freest action form’d, under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing題目: One’s Self I Sing作者:Walt Whitman賞析:en masse, democratic, individualism, humanity, political equality of male and female十To make a prairie it takes a clover and a bee,One clover, and a bee,And revery.The revery alone will do,If bees are few題目: To Make a Prairie …作者:Emily Dickinson賞析:Without any physical objects at all, the mind of one advanced in the art of revery can produce any object