摘要罗伯特•弗罗斯特是美国文学史上最负盛名的诗人之一，他的诗歌语言简单，但富于象征意义。本文选取罗伯特的三首诗歌—《雪夜林畔驻足》，《一条为选择的路》，《补墙》，通过逐一分析其诗歌表层意象所涵盖的象征意义，来揭示诗歌所要表达的深刻的人生哲理。本文采取对比分析的研究方法，并结合大量的实例，旨在分析其诗歌中的象征主义手法，探索其诗歌的深远寓意，以期读者更34552
好地把握和欣赏罗伯特•弗罗斯特的诗歌。
毕业论文关键词: 罗伯特•弗罗斯特; 象征主义; 诗歌
Abstract Robert Frost is one of the most prestigious poets in American literary world in the 20th century, whose poetic language is simple but symbolizes profoundly. The author selects three poems of his—Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Road Not Taken, Mending Wall to explore the implied symbolic meaning and profound connotations behind the superficial images by analyzing the symbolism in the three poems. This paper，by using contrastive method and lots of examples, aims to analyze the symbolism in the poetry, and probes into the deep philosophy of life. Hopefully this paper will be beneficial for readers to grasp and appreciate Robert Frost’s poetry better.
Key words: Robert Frost; symbolism; poetry
Contents
摘 要.. i
Abstract.ii
I. Introduction1
II. Symbolism and Symbolism Movement..2
2.1 Symbolism2
2.2 Symbolism Movement.2
III.Features of Robert Frost’s poetry.3
3.1 Frost’s Poetic Style4
3.2 Frost’s Poetic Character..4
3.3 Frost’s Writing Devices5
IV.The Symbolism in Robert Frost’s Poems.6
4.1 Symbolism in Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening..6
4.2 Symbolism in The Road Not Taken8
4.3 Symbolism in Mending Wall..10
V. Conclusion14
Bibliography..16
Acknowledgements..17
The Analysis of Symbolism in Robert Frost’s Poetry
I. Introduction
The symbolism is an art of adopting symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations. The Symbolism Movement, as a literature movement originated during the 1850s in France, created a public sensation in the following decades and until 1900 its momentum began to diminish. During this period it exerted a profound influence on twentieth-century literature, and bridged the transition from realism to modernism.
Robert Frost, one of the greatest American poets, is keen on the symbolism which just exists as the cell of Robert Frost’s poems and connects with his works intensely. He masterly employs symbolism which makes his poems carry a far-reaching philosophy idea. He transfers the ordinary scenes and things that he distills from life into his poems, but he makes them typical and distract so that even the most ordinary thing can evoke people’s mediation and provoke people’s thought. Just as Joseph Brosdsky observed, these poems are seemingly simple, complicate indeed. His poetry is a source of comfort and inspiration. His mode of expression is symbolic and indirect. Robert Frost’s technique of communication is essentially symbolic and oblique. His poems are all symbolic and reveal layers within layers of meaning on a careful reading. Thus, Frost is simple and complex, obvious and obscure.
However, most critics and scholars place focuses on his theme, attribution, artistic approach, or merely on concrete techniques and rhetorical devices. Indeed, his poems deserve the acclaim “still waters run deep.” In the veil of symbolism, he detects the profound and sensible philosophy. Thus, this paper attempts to analyze the symbolism embodied in Frost’s poems, trying to discover the earnest wisdom and profound life philosophy between the lines. 浅析罗伯特•弗罗斯特诗歌中的象征主义:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_32077.html