为了让同学们对英文诗歌的要素如意象,节奏,格律等有所了解,提高对英语语言的感受力,和对诗歌的鉴赏力,增强外语学习的文化意识,提高人文素质,在这节公开课中,Joan老师引领学生欣赏了教学大纲中爱尔兰诗人 Patrick Kavanagh 的作品 “In Memory of My Mother”
In Memory of my Mother
I do not think of you lying in the wet clay
Of a Monaghan graveyard; I see
You walking down a lane among the poplars
On your way to the station, or happily.
Going to second Mass on a summer Sunday –
You meet me and you say:
‘Don’t forget to see about the cattle – ‘
Among your earthiest words the angels stray.
And I think of you walking along a headland
Of green oats in June,
So full of repose, so rich with life –
And I see us meeting at the end of a town.
On a fair day by accident, after
The bargains are all made and we can walk
Together through the shops and stalls and markets
Free in the oriental streets of thought.
O you are not lying in the wet clay,
For it is a harvest evening now and we
Are piling up the ricks against the moonlight
And you smile up at us – eternally.

Patrick Kavanagh,1904年10月21日- 1967年11月30日,爱尔兰诗人和小说家。他最著名的作品包括小说《Tarry Flynn》和诗歌《On Raglan Road》、《The Great Hunger》。
"In Memory of my Mother" 这首诗反映了Kavanagh对母亲的美好回忆。他不想接受她已经死了,而是将自己投入到记忆的洪流中。这首诗分成五节四行诗。诗中的这种旋律反映了他正在探索的记忆。
这首诗的标题立即让读者了解这首诗的主人公是谁。此外,考虑到他写这首诗是为了“纪念”,还暗示母亲现在已经去世了。标题准确的反映了诗歌接下来的内容。
在诗歌第一节中,瞬间的否定,‘I do not’ 反映了作者的犹豫,表明他无法承认他的母亲已经去世,他首选的应对机制是将自己投入过去的记忆中。代词‘I’ 使用第一人称,也表明这首诗是一首非常个人化的诗。‘Monaghan’这是Kavanagh在爱尔兰出生的地方,也是他母亲被埋葬的地方。
诗歌第二节关注母亲的性格,暗示她的信仰和对农村生活的关心。作者专注于她将去参加第二次Mass,表明对她的信仰的热爱,以及对“星期天”的关注,表明她对宗教的奉献。

Patrick接受了他母亲的逝世,但Patrick知道他的母亲会‘eternally’ 活着,‘And you smile up at us‘,对我们微笑。最后一节是悲伤和欢乐同时出现的。Patrick以优美的方式结束了整首诗。
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