Selections from
Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson
作者：Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892; Edgar, Pelham, 1871-1948 [Editor]
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共 169 题- E-text prepared by Al Haines
- SELECTIONS FROM WORDSWORTH AND TENNYSON
- Edited, with Introduction and Notes
- Professor of English, Victoria Coll., Univ. of Toronto
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- Wordsworth
- Tennyson
- Wordsworth
- Tennyson
- WORDSWORTH
- MICHAEL
- A PASTORAL POEM
- 115. Scan this line.
- 126. PECULIAR WORK. Bring out the force of the epithet.
- 145. Scan this line.
- 259. PARISH-BOY. Depending on charity.
- 388. Observe the dramatic force of this line.
- 420. Scan this line.
- 445. Scan this line.
- TO THE DAISY
- TO THE CUCKOO
- I HAV HEARD. i.e., in my youth.
- 3. SHALL I CALL THEE BIRD? Compare Shelley.
- 4. A WANDERING VOICE? Lacking substantial existence.
- NUTTING
- 10. FOR THAT SERVICE. i.e., for nutting.
- 21. VIRGIN=_unmarred, undevastated_.
- 33. FAIRY WATER-BREAKS=_wavelets, ripples_. _Cf_.:--
- 53. AND SAW THE INTRUDING SKY. Bring out the force of this passage.
- 56. FOR THERE IS A SPIRIT IN THE WOODS. _Cf. Tintern Abbey_, 101 f.
- INFLUENCE OF NATURAL OBJECTS
- 10. PURIFYING, also SANCTIFYING (l. 12), refer to "Soul" (l. 2).
- 31. VILLAGE CLOCK. The village was Hawkshead.
- 50. REFLEX=_reflection_. _Cf_.:
- TO THE REV. DR. WORDSWORTH
- 17. Attributive to "name" (l. 16.)
- 18. Explain the construction of "wished."
- 50. AMBIENT=_winding_.
- ELEGIAC STANZAS
- 6-7. Shelley has twice imitated these lines. Compare:--
- 54. FROM THE KIND. From our fellow-beings.
- WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802
- LONDON, 1802
- TENNYSON
- OENONE
- THE EPIC
- MORTE D'ARTHUR
- THE BROOK
- IN MEMORIAM
- XXVII
- LXIV
- LXXXIII
- LXXXVI
- CI
- CXIV
- CXV
- CXVIII
- CXXIII
- WORDSWORTH
- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- APPRECIATIONS
- REFERENCES ON WORDSWORTH'S LIFE AND WORKS
- NOTES
- MICHAEL
- TO THE DAISY
- COMPOSED 1802: PUBLISHED 1807
- TO THE CUCKOO
- COMPOSED IN THE ORCHARD AT TOWN-END 1802: PUBLISHED 1807
- NUTTING
- COMPOSED 1799; PUBLISHED 1800.
- INFLUENCE OF NATURAL OBJECTS
- ELEGIAC STANZAS
- COMPOSED 1805: PUBLISHED 1807.
- A BRIEF HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SONNET
- WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802:
- PUBLISHED 1807
- LONDON, 1802
- ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- APPRECIATIONS
- REFERENCES ON TENNYSON'S LIFE AND WORKS
- NOTES
- OENONE
- 10. TOPMOST GARGARUS. A Latinism, cf. _summus mons_.
- 12. TROAS. The Troad (Troas) was the district surrounding Troy.
- 14. CROWN=chief ornament.
- 30. MY EYES--LOVE. Cf. Shakespeare, 2 Henry VI. ii. 3. 17:
- 51. SIMOIS. One of the many streams flowing from Mount Ida.
- 81. IRIS. The messenger of the gods. The rainbow is her symbol.
- 83. DELIVERING=announcing.
- 132. A CRESTED PEACOCK. The peacock was sacred to Herè (Juno).
- 114. Supply the ellipsis.
- 137. O'ERTHWARTED WITH=crossed by.
- 260. A FIRE DANCES. Signifying the burning of Troy.
- THE EPIC AND MORTE D'ARTHUR
- THE EPIC
- 8. OR GONE=either gone.
- MORTE D'ARTHUR
- Thereupon:--
- Bedivere is described in _The Coming of Arthur_ as follows:--
- 22. I PERISH--MADE. In _The Coming of Arthur_ this thought is amplified:
- 37. FLING HIM. The sword is viewed as possessing life.
- 129. FOR A MAN. Because a man.
- 143. DIPT THE SURFACE. A poetical construction.
- 157. Note the personification of the sword.
- 193. HOVE=hove in sight.
- THE BROOK
- 6. HOW MONEY BREEDS, i.e. by producing interest at loan.
- 37. MORE IVY, i.e. than twenty years ago.
- 46. WILLOW WEED AND MALLOW. These are marsh plants.
- 189. ARNO. A river in Italy which flows past Florence.
- 203. BRIONY RINGS. Formed by the tendrils of the plant.
- IN MEMORIAM
- XXVII
- 2. NOBLE RAGE. Fierce love of freedom.
- 6. FIELD OF TIME. The term of his natural life.
- LXIV
- 7. CIRCUMSTANCE. Adverse circumstances.
- 9. BY FORCE. Strength of character and will.
- 10. GOLDEN KEYS. Keys of office of state.
- 11. MOULD. As a minister of the Crown.
- 15. PILLAR. That on which they build, and which supports them.
- 21. NARROWER. When he was still in his "low estate."
- LXXXIII
- 5. CLOUDED NOONS. From the noons, which are still clouded.
- 6. PROPER. Own.
- 9. SPIRE. Flowering spikes.
- 12. LABURNUMS.
- LXXXVI
- 1. SWEET AFTER SHOWERS, ETC. This poem was written at Barmouth.
- 4. BREATHING BARE. Making the horizon bare of clouds.
- 5. RAPT. Violent motion is not implied.
- 6. DEWY-TASSEL'D. From the showers.
- 7. HORNED FLOOD. Between two promontaries.
- 9. SIGH. "Impart as by a breath or sigh."
- 10. NEW LIFE. Due to the new friendship.
- 11. DOUBT AND DEATH. These have up to this time haunted him.
- CI
- 14. HERN AND CRAKE. Heron and corn-crake.
- 21. LABOURER. He does not move away, but stays always there.
- 22. GLEBE. Soil.
- CXIV
- 5. A FIRE. The fire of inspiration.
- 6. SETS. Hard, like a flint.
- 6. FORWARD. Bold, without reverence.
- 7. CHANCE. Of success.
- 8. TO DESIRE. Governed by passion, without restraint or self-control.
- 17. A HIGHER HAND. Wisdom.
- 23. THY GOAL. The goal of wisdom.
- 28. REVERENCE, ETC. In faith and love.
- CXV
- 2. BURGEONS. Buds.
- 2. MAZE OF QUICK. Quick-set tangle.
- 3. SQUARES. Fields.
- 8. SIGHTLESS. Invisible.
- 14. GREENING. Shining out on the sea.
- CXVIII
- 4. EARTH AND LIME. Flesh and bone.
- 10. SEEMING-RANDOM. But in reality shaped and guided.
- 16. TYPE. Exemplify.
- 20. IDLE. Useless.
- 22. HEATED HOT. A reference to the tempering of steel.
- CXXIII
- 4. CENTRAL SEA. Far from land.
- 8. LIKE CLOUDS, ETC. A reference to geological changes.