摘要每首诗歌都有它独特的形式和元素，这些元素包括：韵律、语调、意象和主题。就本质上说，“意象”一词是属于诗歌的，意象就是诗歌的灵魂，因此，意象在读者理解诗歌的过程中扮演着重要角色。英国浪漫主义诗歌中的意象表现极其丰富，其中最常见的是“夜莺”意象。本文首先介绍意象的概念、分类及它在诗歌中的重要作用，其次根据几位英国浪漫主义诗人的代表诗作对诗歌中所含有的夜莺意象进行大致归类，再次结合几位代表诗人各自的生活背景及成长经历比较分析英诗中的夜莺意象的异同点，最后总结夜莺意象在英国浪漫主义时期下的成因及意义。关键词：英国浪漫主义诗歌；夜莺；意象ABSTRACTPoetryhasitsuniqueformandelements.Theseelementsincluderhyme,tone,imageandtheme.Andinessence,imageisthesoulofpoetry,soitplaysanimportantroleinunderstandingthepoetry.TheimagesinEnglishRomanticpoetryperformaveryrichforms,themostcommonimageisthe“Nightingale”image.Thispaperfirstintroducesthedefinitionandclassificationandtheimportanceofimageinpoetry.SecondcomesupwiththreetypesofnightingaleimagesafteranalyzessomemajorRomanticpoets’poems.Thirdcombinesthebackgroundandtheirlifeexperienceofpoetswiththeirnightingaleimages,comestosummarizethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofnightingaleimagesinpoems.Last,pointsoutthecausesandsignificanceofnightingaleimageunderthathistoricalbackground.Keywords：EnglishRomanticpoetry;Nightingale;imageContents1．Introduction...................................................................................................12.Theimageinpoetry........................................................................................22.1ThedefinitionandclassificationofImage......................................................22.2ThefunctionofpoeticImage..........................................................................33.ThreetypesofNightingaleimage..................................................................53.1Nightingaleofmyth-based..............................................................................63.2Descriptiononnightingale’slifehabits..........................................................73.3Expressionofinnerfeelings............................................................................84.TheNightingaleandRomanticpoets..........................................................104.1WilliamWordsworth’sToaSkylark--thesadanddisparagingnightingale..104.2JohnKeats’OdetoaNightingale--thehappyandsadnightingale...............115．ThehistoricalreasonsofNightingaleimage.............................................146．Conclusion...................................................................................................15Acknowledgements...........................................................................................16References...........................................................................................................171．IntroductionPoeticimageisthefactorandsoulofpoetry[1]1.Englishromanticpoetstendtobethecreatorofthepoeticimages.Theyusetheirsymbolicimagerytoexpress,whiletheimageisatypicalproductoftheRomanticimaginationandcreativity.Actually,theprocessofcreatingapoemisakindofprocessinwhichthepoetwillselectsuitableconcreteobjectstobethepoeticimages,andconstructthepoeticimagetoexpresshissubjectivefeelings.LotsofcriticshavemadefruitfulresearchontheimagesoftheEnglishromanticpoetry:themoon,thelark,andthenightingale.RichimageshavebeenrepresentedinEnglishRomanticpoetry,inwh...
