[United States] Appreciation of Dickinson's Love Poems in "Slanting Light"

[United States] Dickinson

On a winter afternoon,

There is a Slanting light -

Like church bells, weighing heavily

on our hearts -

It brings sacred wounds -

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No scars can be seen,

Only the soul,

In order to feel ***——

Ah, what a solemn despair—— < /p>

It’s a pity that no one enlightened me——

Because of this noble suffering

The will from God——

You are here. The whole earth -

is listening, even the shadows - are holding their breath -

But when you leave, you are so far away

As if We see the distance of death -

(Translated by Fan Yue)

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is a famous American Imagist poetess. The rise of modernist art in the United States was slightly later than that in France. Frost, Cummings, Pound and Eliot are generally regarded as the pioneers of American modernist poetry in the poetry world. Dickinson was neither a representative of this era nor an initiator of poets of this era. A large number of her poems were unearthed after her death (she only published seven short poems during her lifetime). It was not until the beginning of this century that she appeared in the sky like a new star, shining brightly and influencing the new poetry trend in the United States. Have a huge impact.

Emily Dickinson's poems are novel and natural, with profound connotations, and condensed emotions as fiery as fire. She was the first pioneer to use semi-homonym and homophony to break through the traditional rhythmic framework and use textured objects to express abstract ideas. She has a famous saying:

——Ecstasy is terrestrial

The soul rushes to the sea...

Some critics believe that there is a kind of antipathy here. The eternal understanding and love of nature. Many of her poems are related to life and nature. Although they are abstract and difficult to understand, they show her persistent pursuit of "eternal love". For example, "Slanting Light" is a wonderful little poem full of philosophical thinking. It regards death as a solemn destination and praises the eternal balance of nature and love. Why do you think so? Dickinson tried to show people the soul's boredom with life and pointed out the way to another unknown world. Dickinson lived in a devout Christian family, but she did not believe in the Christian salvation theory. The slanting light of winter in the poem symbolizes the end of mankind, and the church bells call for death. Although this kind of pain "cannot see the scars", only the inner perception can judge its "sacred" meaning. This not only shows the poet's pessimism, but also raises questions and accusations about the meaning of life: Since the trauma that death brings to people is sacred and despair is solemn, then what else in the world is worthy of nostalgia? Therefore, when the poet saw the last slanting light of the setting sun disappearing, he could not help but sigh melancholy: "It is so far away, as if we can see the distance of death."

For a long time, some people have believed that this is a A poem that betrays faith and blasphemes religion. But it ignores the poet's serious thinking about the era in which she lived. She has integrated her inner feelings with the outer space, as if she is trying to get rid of her spiritual shackles, throw herself into the embrace of nature, and throw herself into the sea that symbolizes eternal love.