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史蒂文斯《罐子轶事》
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.
①鸟与树象征现实物质。对照史蒂文斯关于艺术想象可以拯救西方世界的主张,本诗以象征手法表明,艺术的想象力虽然不能直接创造出鸟与树这样的物质世界,却能使纷乱的世界得到整顿而“趴在周围,不再撒野”。
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