Translation Strategies Applied to reduplicated words in Watson’s English Translation of Classical Chinses Poetry 沃森汉语古诗翻译中叠词的翻译策略 I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research Background Chinese reduplication is, that overlapping morphemes or syllables to form a word. It has a sound, shape, meaning multidimensional beauty, often used in ancient Chinese folk songs, especially in ancient poetry. The use of overlapping words can be traced back to "the Book of songs", after the pre-Qin prose, to Jian ' a literature, three Cao poetry, its artistic continuous inheritance and innovation, spread to date. One of the representatives are the "line of the row," "The Distant Morning Glory Star" (two from the "Ancient Poetry 19"). But the overlapping CI has the unique charm in the poetry creation, has the special function. One is the image sex. The overlapping words in the poems can make the depicted natural scenery and characters …show more content…
“The vivid image of the folding words depicts a portrait of a woman on the mirror in spring. The second is the exact nature. Reduplication, May imitate the sound, may imitate the color, may also describe, may let the expression image more accurate. For example, Bai Juyi's "Chant of the Twilight River", which sentence "A beam of exhausted sun in the water paved, Half the river greenish and the other half red." on the "greenish" two words used extremely well, very accurate description of the river as the characteristics of the blue. Three is the music sex. The use of overlapping words makes poetry catchy and sound. This one of the most representative is Li Bai's "Autumn Pu song 17 of the Ten" “. Thousands of moor besom trees, thousands of privet forest. The mountain egrets are full, and the White Ape of the gully is recited. Not to Qiupu, ape sound broken hearts." The frequent use of overlapping words in poetry makes poetry rhythmic and music beautiful. Burton Worsen is an outstanding
Often times, when a person experiences something unusual, that experience stays with them forever. The poem “Driving with Animals” by Billy Collins is about the lasting impression that an experience with deer can create. The imagery, sound devices, and figurative language that Collins uses in the poem draw the reader into the poem and makes them feel as if they are the driver in the car. The element of imagery is important in drawing the reader into the poem.
These two poems are about conflict and express the feelings and emotions of anger and violence, the reader can see this in some of the quotes “in all my dreams before my helpless sight” the reader can see the emotions in helpless sight. Mametz wood and Dulce et decorum Est include death. In mametz wood farmers are said to have found them “the wasted young turning up under plough blades” and in Dulce et decorum Est it has a more painful death by gas “as under a green sea, I saw him drowning” Wilfred Owen is describing a man dying of gas “he plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” Both of the poems include militaristic words, in Mametz wood and Dulce et decorum Est it was a very brutal war “Twenty men buried in one long grave” this quote
In the poem Mourners, by Ted kooser, plain style of poetry was used to express the emotions of mourners. His use of syntax was well accomplished regarding the length and the clarity of the poem. Kooser managed to use a medium length sentence in order to retain the reader's attention. If we were to combine the lines of the poem to create sentences, as illustrated in the book, each sentence would be meaningful. For example, "After funeral, the mourners gather under the rustling churched maples and talk softly, like cluster of leaves."
“Annabel Lee” is the shared named of a poem and a song based off of it. Edgar Allen Poe wrote the poem “Annabel Lee” in 1849. The poem is about a man who has lost his love and is in mourning. Tiger Army wrote a song based on the poem in 2001. There are many similarities in the two pieces as well as some differences.
ot wet pillows, a poem by Josh Cullen invites readers to believe that nobody cares about issues faced by many young people. Cullen highlights the difficulties of relationship between youth and teacher, which often represents youth as isolated and misunderstood. Poetic techniques such as poetic form and tone, imagery, sound devices combined with careful language choices are used to shape this representation of youth. Form and tone are used to portray the issues faced by many young people. Hot wet pillows is a free verse poem, with irregular rhythm.
Prophecy in the Sands From its sweeping bigness, vigor and hatred, McKay personifies America as a woman who is treating him, the citizen, terribly, but he still loves her in spite of the abuse. Claude McKay's "America" uses similes, rhythm, and violent imagery to illustrate how there is no hope for the future that is better than the abuse we have in the present. The narrator that McKay created is one that greatly mirrors that of an African American in the Harlem Renaissance that is being torn in two directions: love and hate for America. “America” acts as a magnifying glass for that time, but also is a prophecy for the times to come.
1) Imagery: • “His arms worked the bellows, giving the instrument the air it needed to breathe.” (pg. 355) • “To your left, perhaps your right, perhaps even straight ahead you find a small black room. In it sits a Jew.” (pg. 138)
I. Introduction A. Lisa Parker is snapping beans with her grandmother on the porch, but she is in the process of being changed by her college experience. B. The poem is “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker C. Lisa is a Southern girl, who is home from college in the North; she is going through struggles that are bringing about questioning and changing. D. Lisa is letting go of her safe past so that she can move forward into her own life. II.
Within the cabaret—filled with music—not only does the city become a site of trees and rivers, but someone as monotonous as a dancer in a club, becomes as eminent as Cleopatra or Eve. Even more, the rhyme scheme also changes in the quintet. Now, the rhyme scheme is EFDGD, and the rhyming words, “bold and gold”, are continued from the quatrain. There is a slight change, however, similar to the change of the dancing girl into an Eve or Cleopatra. Hughes’ use of punctuation illustrates a change.
In his poem “an Echo Sonnet, To an Empty Page” poet Robert Pack introduces a narrator and his alter ego who exchange questions and answers that subsequently reveals the poet’s prospects and attitudes toward life. The narrator, or “the voice,” seems like a timid man who is afraid to plunge into his own life, because he fears the future and inevitable consequences of his mortality. The “echo,” which is the narrator’s alter ego, or a persona, answers the the voice’s questions in a way that drive the voice to take a certain prospect in life. Pack designed the poem masterfully in a way that it utilizes the traditional form of a shakespearean sonnet and an addendum of on “echo,” which communicates a cleaner and more direct message to the readers. Furthermore various literary techniques such as symbols, extraposition, and imagery add to the meaning of the poem Through form and literary techniques, Robert Pack emphasizes, through the answers of the “echo,” that no matter how frightening life seems to be, it is important to take a “leap.”
4. Abject in “About Face” Similarly to the crucial aspects above, the poem “About Face” represents some issues already mentioned. The poem “About Face”, by Patience Agbabi is a poetic depiction of the mythological painting of the goddess of the hunt Diana and a hunter Actaeon. First of all, the poem has an interesting structure and way of representing and conveying its meaning.
Poetry is an important part of literature which conveys an author 's ideas across to the reader through the use of descriptive language. Poetry helps an author to express their inner emotions and often incorporates various poetic devices which enriches the text. Poetry gives the reader a different perspective and when read closely, can give the audience a look into the authors imagination. Likewise, poetic devices enhance the writing and can drastically change the mood of the poem, as well as, how the reader interprets the poem. Poetic devices are important in literature because they help to convey a message, add spontaneity to a poem, and give the reader a strong visual.
“Clearly animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know. ”- Irene M. Pepperberg. This quote shows that animals are smarter than we think and know more than we think they know. In the two poems “A Blessing” and “Predators”, there are many ways that they are similar and different.
Rina Morooka Mr Valera Language Arts Compare and Contrast essay on “The poet’s obligation”, “When I have fears that I may cease to be”, and “In my craft of sullen art” The three poems, “The poet’s obligation” by Neruda, “when I have fears that I may cease to be” by Keats, and “In my craft of sullen art” by Thomas, all share the similarity that they describe poets’ relationships with their poems. However, the three speakers in the three poems shared different views on their poetry; the speaker in Neruda’s poem believes that his poems which were born out of him stored creativity to people who lead busy and tiring life, and are in need of creativity, while the speaker in Keats’ poem believes that his poems are like tools to write down what
Biography/Context: Langston Hughes (1902-1967) is widely considered as one of the most successful African-American poets of all time. He was also a columnist, playwright, novelist, and social activist for African-American rights. Consequently, Hughes wrote all sorts of literature about 20th century African-Americans living in Harlem--a major black residential within the Manhattan borough of New York City--and soon became an extremely influential figure in the Harlem Renaissance, which was the rebirth movement of African-American culture in the arts during the 1920s. Hughes also had great admiration for music, and was inspired by a variety of genres/musicians such as boogie, Bach, jazz, and blues. His special love for blues music caused