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
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