熊琼Although Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s life was comfortable, he had deep sympathy for slaves. In 1842, he published Poems on Slavery. In this lyric poem, he showed his shame of American’s slavery and was against it firmly. The poem I have chon to discuss is The Slave’s Dream手机相册里的照片误删怎么恢复. It not only shows Longfellow’s sympathy for slaves but also revealed the cruelty of drivers.
In the first stanza, we e a slave who had endless work. With tiredness, he lay beside the ungathered rice and dreamt a dream that he saw his Native Land. In fact, dream is a compensation for reality. In dreams, he could get what he lacked in reality. In the cond stanza, he dreamt he became a king. Here the first important image appears. “King” is the symbol of freedom and dignity. From this we learn how much he desired for freedom. In the third stanza, he dreamt he and his wife and his children gathered together happily. I guess becau of long term parating from slaves’ hometown and family members, they usually treasured family very much. In the fourth stanza, he dreamt he rode on a hor along the Niger’s bank freely. In the fifth stanza, he rode from morning till night to follow the bright flamingoes. Here the cond important image appears. “Flamingo” stands for freedom. Agai
n, we e he longed for freedom. In the sixth stanza, he heard the lion roar, the hyena screams and the river-hor, as he crushed the reeds. And stream pasd through the triumph of his dream. From this we can e he had freed himlf from the fetters of reality completely. The venth stanza reads “The forests, with their myriad tongues, shouted of liberty.” By using personification “the forests shouted”, the author actually conveyed that the slave shouted for freedom. In the last stanza, we come back reality from his dream. He was nearly to die, becau he could not stand the drivers’ whip and the burning heat of day. Only by dying did he escape from the cruel reality. And at last his soul was free. In my opinion, this is sarcasm. By this way, the author revealed the drivers’ mercilessness and cruelty.锁定qq
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珍珠鸟认主人吗>防水补漏By reading the poem, I learn that Longfellow is a great poet. He was not only concerned about the fate of slaves but also expresd indignation at slavery. At the same time, he revealed the drivers’ cruelty. He made every reader feel sympathy for slaves and angry at the system of slavery. This is the power of his poem.民贼
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