EmilyDickinson
Thesoulselectsherownsociety,
Thenshutsthedoor;
Onherdivinemajority
Obtrudenomore.
Unmoved, shenotesthechariot’spausing
Atherlowgate;
Unmoved, anemperoriskneeling
Uponhermat.
I’veknownherfromanamplenation
Chooseone;
Thenclosethevalvesofherattention
Likestone.
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1) Whatisthethemeofthepoem?
2) Doyoufeeladifferenceinherpresentationofthesetwoactions, selectingafriend(orlover) andrejectingallothers? Doessheemphasizeselectingthefriendmorethanrejectingallothers, oristheactofexcludingemphasized?
3) Inthepoet, whatsoundisrepeated? Issheemphasizingkeywordswiththisalliteration?
4) Dickinsonhasthe “soul” “soul” represent?
5) Doesusing “soul” giveahighoralowvaluetothewaythisindividualselectsfriends?
6) Whatkindofagestureisshuttingthedoor? Isit, forexample, anactionthatleavesopenthepossibilityofchange, orisitafinalaction?
7) Whataretheconnotationsoftheword “obtrude”? Doesitsuggestacharminginterruption, anoffensiveaction, orsomeothertypeofbehavioronthepartofthepeoplewhohavebeenexcluded?
8) Whohasthesuperiorworldlystatus? Isthereasuggestionofstatusandsuperiorityinsomeotherscaleofvalues?
9) InLine3, Stanza2, whoisunmoved?
10) InStanza3, Dickinsondepictstherigorandthefinalityofthesoul’? Doclosedvalvesallowanythingin? Wouldhervalvesletanyonein? Isthephrase “likestone” relevanthere?
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选定精神伴侣
（美）艾米丽·狄金森 吕志鲁译
选定精神伴侣，
然后谢客关门；
既作神圣抉择，
必当匿影藏形。
车辇沓至纷来，
姑娘不闻不问；
皇帝跪于席垫，
万难打动芳心。
茫茫人海无限，
唯独选中一人；
从此心如磐石，
封闭情感闸门。
Notes
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