1、,組員：周雨怡，邢小玲， 古惠嫦，謝雅怡,the isles of greece,“the isles of greece” is taken from don juan canto . in the early 19th century, greece was under the rule of turks. by praising greeces ancient brilliant culture, splendid civilization, great military achievements and heroic militant tradition and satirizing

2、the greeks apathy towards their countrys being slaved by turks.,introduction,byron tries very hard to encourage and impel the greek people to rise and fight for their national liberty and independence, which shows the poets enthusiastic support for people against all forms of oppression. the 16 six-

3、line stanzas of this poem follow a quatrain-couplet rhyme scheme: ababcc. each line is metered in iambic tetrameter. it is famous for its extensive use of allusions, references and citations,whats the theme of the poem？,the author contrast the difference between the ancient and modern, to express th

4、e grief and indignation, call for the greek peoples awakening to fight for national independence. the poem was interpreted into china in the 12c, which caused a profound effect . the suffering that greece experienced is a vivid reflection of chinas past impotence and indignity at the hands of coloni

5、al powers in the modern history.,calling for freedom and independence,calling for revolts against tyranny,（1）the isles of greece, the isles of greece！ 希臘群島呵，希臘群島！ where burning sappho loved and sung, 你有過薩福歌唱愛情， where grew the arts of war and peace, 你有過隆盛的武功文教,burning: passionate, ardent sappho：greec

6、e lyric poet,where delos rose, and phoebus sprung, 太陽神從你的提洛島誕生！ eternal summer gilds them yet, 長夏的陽光燦爛如金 but all, except their sun, is set. 除了太陽，一切都沉淪！ but all, except their sun, is set”: but all their past glories are no more, only the sun still shines upon them.,delos: a name of island phoebus: ap

7、pollo,解析：allusions are frequently used in this poem to set a sharp contrast between the past and the present of greece.,(2) the scian and the teian muse, 開俄斯歌手，忒俄斯詩人， the heros harp, the lovers lute 英雄的豎琴，情人的琵琶， have found the fame your shores refuse. 在你的境內沒沒無聞，,teos:anacreon，bc563478 “the scian and

8、 the teian muse”: referring to homer and anacreon. “muse” here means poet. “scian -of scio or chios in the grecian archipolage, claimed to have been the birthplace of homer. teian”- of teos in ancient ionis, where the poet anaceron was born. “have found the fame your shores refuse “: have elsewhere

9、received the honor which greece itself failed to give.,海島樂園（islands of the blest）可能指西非塞內加爾（senegal）的佛得角群島（cape verdeislands），或大西洋東北部的嘉納麗群島（canary islands）。,their place of birth alone is mute 詩人的故土悄然喑啞to sounds which echo further west 他們在西方的名聲遠揚， than your sires “island of the blest”. 遠過你祖先的樂島仙鄉(xiāng)。,(3)

10、 themountainslook on marathon, 巍巍群山望著馬拉松， andmarathonlooksonthesea; 馬拉松望著海波萬里， andmusingtherean houralone, 我沉思半晌，在我的夢幻中,marathon: a plain in greeks, where the persian invaders were completely annihilated by the greek in 490 bc. 馬拉松希臘地名，在雅典東北。,idreamedthatgreecemightstillbefree; 希臘還像是自由的土地； forstandi

11、ngonthepersiansgrave, 腳下踩的是波斯人墳墓， icouldnotdeemmyselfa slave 我怎能相信我是個亡國奴！,significance: allusion: war of marathon, greeks won victory over persian troops. but now, on persians grave, greeks turn into slave and were chained.,(4) a king sate on the rocky brow 有一位國王坐在山頂， which looks oer sea-born salami

12、s; 薩拉米海盜展現(xiàn)在腳下， andships,bythousands,lay below, 成千的戰(zhàn)艦，各國的兵丁，,king：xerxes, king of persia, who invaded greece by sea and land in 480bc oer: over salamis : a greek islandin the gulf of the aegean sea, near athens, greece(薩拉米斯)塞浦路斯古都，古代是塞島一個重要的城邦國家,andmeninnations-allwerehis! 在下面排開全歸他統(tǒng)轄！ hecountedthemat

13、 breakofday, 天亮時，他還在數(shù)去數(shù)來 and when the sun set where were they? 太陽落水時，他們安在？,“and, when the sun set, where were they?” here it refers to the destruction of all the persian ships at the naval battle of salamis.,解析：encouragement and advocacy to point out the degeneration of the country,(5) and where art

14、 thou, my country? on thy voiceless shore the heroic lay is tuneless now the heroic bosom beats no more! and must thy lyre, so long divine, degenerate into hands like mine?,thy: your 呵，他們而今安在？有你呢， 我的祖國？在無聲的地上， 英雄的頌歌如今已沉 那英雄的心也不再蕩！ 難道你一向莊嚴的琴， 竟至淪落到我的手里彈弄？,(6) tis something in the dearth of fame, thou

15、gh linkd among a fetterd race, to feel at least a patriots shame, even as i sing, suffuse my face. for what is left the poet here? for greeks a blushfor greece a tear.,(dearth: lack of) 置身于披枷帶鎖的民族， 與榮譽無緣，也心甘情愿， 至少，能痛感綁架的屈辱， 歌唱的時候，我羞慚滿面； 詩人在這里有什么作用？ 為祖國落淚，為同胞臉紅！,“for what is left a poet here?”: what

16、is left for a poet to do here?,(7)must we but weep oer days more blest? must we but blush?our fathers bled. earth! render back from out thy breast a remnant of our spartan dead! of the three hundred grant but three, to make a new thermopylae!,render: present thermopylae: it was a narrow mountain pas

17、s in greece. 緬懷往昔，只流淚？只羞慚？ 我們的祖先卻熱血噴流！ 大地?。哪銘驯Ю锼瓦€ 斯巴達英雄好漢的零頭！ 三百名勇士給三個就夠， 重演一次溫泉關戰(zhàn)斗！,(8) what, silent still? and silent all? ah! no;the voices of the dead sound like a distant torrents fall, and answer, let one living head, but one arise,we come, we come! tis but the living who are dumb.,torrent: a

18、 lot of water falling tis: this 怎么，靜悄悄？聲息毫無？ 聽見了！是死者回答的聲音： “又一個活人挺身而出， 我們就都來，都來效命！” 這聲音像遠方瀑布喧響， 可活人呢，卻不開腔。,the isles of greece appreciate,1.the versification of the songs is different from the rest of the long poem. the song is composed of 16 stanzas, each stanza consisting of 6 lines of iambic tetram