StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningWhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.Hishouseisinthevillagethough;HewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.MylittlehorsemustthinkitqueerTostopwithoutafarmhousenearBetweenthewoodsandfrozenlakeThedarkesteveningoftheyear.
HegiveshisharnessbellsashakeToaskifthereissomemistake.Theonlyothersound’sthesweepOfeasywindanddownyflake.Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep,ButIhavepromisestokeep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.--RobertFrost(1874-1963)
Questions:1.WhydidIstopwhileriding?2.Whoarethecharactersinthestory?3.Whendidthestorytakeplace?4.Wheredidthestorytakeplace?5.Whydidmylittlehorsegivehisharnessbellsashake?6.Whydidlleavethelovelywoodsfinally?7.Whatistherhymescheme?
Questions:1.WhydidIstopwhileriding?Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow2.Whoarethecharactersinthestory?I,theowneroftheland,littlehorse.3.Whendidthestorytakeplace?Intheevening.4.Wheredidthestorytakeplace?Outsidethevillage,betweenthewoodsandfrozenlake
5.Whydidmylittlehorsegivehisharnessbellsashake?Hedidn’tunderstandwhyIshouldstopinsuchaplace.6.Whydidlleavethelovelywoodsfinally?BecauseIhavepromisestokeep.7.Whatistherhymescheme?aaba.每个诗节第三行的韵脚又成为下一诗节的主要韵脚。
Note:1.WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.invertedsentence.Iknowwhoownstheland.2.sound’sthesweep:alliterationsymbolizingthesoundoffallingsnow.3.easy:lightandgentle;downy:soft
2.雪夜驻马在林边我想我知道这是谁的树林。尽管他的屋子是在村子中,他却不会看见我停在林边——为了看积雪停在他的林中。我的小马一定会感到纳罕:冰封雪盖的湖和树林之间没一座农舍,可我们却停下——在这一年中最最暗的夜晚。
它把颈间的铃铛晃了一下,这是在问是否出了什么岔。除了这个声音,唯一的声息发自清风吹拂和绒毛雪花。树林又黑又深又叫人欢喜,但是我得信守答应的约期,得在睡觉前走上好多里地,得在睡觉前走上好多里地。
我想我知谁家林。他的房舍在村里,他难见我停林边,观看白雪挂枝头。马儿定觉很怪异:驻足荒野农舍稀,在树林与冰湖间,在那最黑的夜晚。
马儿生疑摇缰铃:似问是否错地停。惟一音响自清风吹拂雪片落下声。树林幽深又可爱,履行诺言得割爱。入睡之前路遥遥,/长夜漫漫路遥遥。入睡之前路遥遥。/长夜漫漫路遥遥。