AnalysisofThereIsaGardeninHerFace教学单位外国语学院_________姓名_李莎_______学号_201220342_________专业_外国语言学及应用语言学2AnalysisofThereIsaGardeninHerFaceThomasCampionThereisagardeninherfaceWhererosesandwhiteliliesgrow;AheavenlyparadiseisthatplaceWhereinallpleasantfruitsdoflow.Therecherriesgrowwhichnonemaybuy,Till"Cherryripe"themselvesdocry.ThosecherriesfairlydoencloseOforientpearladoublerow,Whichwhenherlovelylaughtershows,Theylooklikerose-budsfilledwithsnow;Yetthemnorpeernorprincecanbuy,Till"Cherryripe"themselvesdocry.Hereyeslikeangelswatchthemstill,Herbrowslikebendedbowsdostand,ThreateningwithpiercingfrownstokillAllthatattemptwitheyeorhandThosesacredcherriestocomenigh,Till"Cherryripe"themselvesdocry.ThereIsaGardeninHerFaceisalyricpoemwiththreesix-linestanzas.ItwaswrittenbyThomasCampionwhowasapoetof17thcentury.Thispoemwaspublishedin1617inacollectionentitledTheThirdandFourthBookofAyres.Ichosethispoemduetoitsspecialtitle.It’sanacceptedtruismthatgardenisaplacewherecoversalargepieceofgroundandmanyplantsandflowersareplantedthere.Therefore,“aGardeninalady’sface”mustbeinteresting.Actually,afterreadingit,Ireallywasimpressed.Next,thispoemwillbeanalyzedfromthreeaspects.Itsrhymescheme,maincontentandthemewillbediscussed.1First,therhymeschemeofthepoemisababcc,asinthefirststanza:“Thereisagardeninherface,Whererosesandwhiteliliesgrow;Aheavenlyparadiseisthatplace,Whereinallpleasantfruitsdoflow.Therecherriesgrowwhichnonemaybuy,Till"Cherry-ripethemselvesdocry.”Andthemeterofthepoemisiambictetrameter,asinthefirsttwolinesofthesecondstanza:“Thoseche/rriesfair/lydo/enclose,Ofo/rientpearl/adou/blerow”.But,thethirdlineinthefirststanzawhichisiambicpentameterisanexception.Second,Campionusedkindsoffiguresofspeechsuchasmetaphors,similes,allusion,andalliterationandsoon.Infact,hereliesmainlyonmetaphorsandsimiles.Thespeakerusedmetaphorstocomparetheyounglady’sfacetoagarden,hercheekstoroses,herskintowhitelilies,herlipstocherries,herteethtopearls,herfrownstoarrowsandsolike.Besidesmetaphors,similesarealsousedmanytimes.Forinstance,thespeakercomparedherlipsandteethto“rose-budsfill’dwithsnow”,hereyestoangels,andherbrowsto“bendedbowsdostand”whichmeanthebentbowsofarchers.Byusingmetaphorsandsimiles,averybeautifulandpureyoungladyappearsbeforereaders.Inaddition,theuseofallusionisverytypicalaswell,especially,theimageof“garden”.Asweallknow,fromancienttimestothepresent,therearemanypoemsonlove.RobertBurnswrote:“O,myloveislikeared,redrose”.AndGeorgeGordonByrondepictedabeautifulwomaninSheWalksinBeautylikethis:“Shewalksinbeauty,likethenight,ofcloudlessclimesandstarryskies”.Althoughtherearesomanypoemsofthiskind,comparingalady’sfacetoagardenisinfrequent.Inreality,thisimagecanbefoundintheBibleandSpensor’sAmorettiTheauthornotonlycomparedthislady’sfacetoagarden,butalsodescribeditas“aheavenlyparadise”.Thisremindsreaders’imaginationofEdenintheGenesisoftheBible.AndintheBible,theimageofgardencanalsobefoundintheSongofSolomon,forinstance,“Agardenenclosedismysister,myspouse”.What’smore,thefamouspoet,SpensoralsousedsuchanimageinhisAmoretti.Hewrote:“Comingtokissherlips---suchgraceIfound---MeseemedIsmelledagardenofsweetflowers”.Theauthorcleverlyappliedthisimagetohispoem,whichmakesthetitle2novelandattractsreaders’attention.Also,theusageofthisfigureofspeechaddsabundantinformationtothecontent.Afteran...
