2017-11-11

【Aiden in English】

    The night is dark, the stars are out and bright               A

    Far down below, the mighty ships asail,                       B

    The crew asleep, how dark and deep, no light              A

    Though guided by the glow of heaven rays.                  B - Metaphor

    A gust of wind, a roll of unseen waves                          C

    Sends boats astray from their safe own old ways.         D

    In depths of darkness, ’pears a fearful haze.                  C

    That covers sky and stars for days on days.                   D

    The captain sighs, the sailors cry for land                      E

    A star breaks the demonic dreary song                          F - Metaphor

    Extending light, a friendly helping hand,                       E

    Only to find the final ship long gone.                             F

        → But waves churn on, the stars roam far and free,            G

        → The universe sees, and does not care for thee.                G

Focus Areas (写作要点):

    14 Lines (十四行)

    Rhyme Scheme (韵律)

    Shift (转换)

    Couplet Clincher (对句手法)

    The figure of Speech (修辞)

    Iambic Pentameter (10 Lines) (十行抑扬格五音步)

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2014: Compare/Contrast: Jerry and Lupe(对比─杰瑞和卢普)

2013: Descriptive―Fly(记叙文―飞翔)

〖Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare〗

            Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?

            Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

            Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

            And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:

            Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

            And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;

            And every fair from fair sometime declines,

            By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:

            But thy eternal Summer shall not fade，

            Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;

            Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,

            When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

            So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,

            So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

附：〖莎士比亚十四行诗第18首〗

梁宗岱译

                我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？

                你不独比它可爱也比它温婉：

                狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践，

                夏天出赁的期限又未免太短：

                天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈，

                它那炳耀的金颜又常遭掩蔽：

                被机缘或无常的天道所摧折，

                没有芳艳不终于雕残或销毁。

                但是你的长夏永远不会雕落，

                也不会损失你这皎洁的红芳，

                或死神夸口你在他影里漂泊，

                当你在不朽的诗里与时同长。

                只要一天有人类，或人有眼睛，

                这诗将长存，并且赐给你生命。

曾瑜阳译

                夏日纵好怎及君？

                清丽温婉自超群；

                五月花香恶风妒，

                夏之芬芳如烟云。

                天眼高灼炎难耐，

                暗淡容光久不开；

                自古天公爱愚弄，

                多少红颜终色衰。

                恒久夏日不凋零，

                娇颜风姿倒乾坤；

                死神到此含羞退，

                君之芳名入诗文。

                人迹罕绝山无棱，

                此诗伴君续香魂。

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