WilliamBlake
Myspectrearoundmenightandday
Likeawildbeastguardsmyway.
Myemanationfarwithin
Weepsincessantlyformysin.
Afathomlessandboundlessdeep,
Therewewander, thereweweep;
Onthehungrycravingwind
Myspectrefollowstheebehind.
Hescentsthyfootstepsinthesnow,
Wheresoeverthoudostgo
Throughthewintryhailandrain.
Whenwiltthoureturnagain?
Dostthounotinprideandscorn
Fillwithtempestsallmymorn,
Andwithjealousiesandfears
Fillmypleasantnightswithtears?
Sevenofmysweetlovesthyknife
Hasbereavedoftheirlife.
TheirmarbletombsIbuiltwithtears
Andwithcoldandshudderingfears.
Sevenmorelovesweepnightandday
Roundthetombswheremyloveslay,
Andsevenmorelovesattendeachnight
Aroundmycouchwithtorchesbright.
Andsevenmorelovesinmybed
Crownwithwinemymournfulhead,
Pityingandforgivingall
Thytransgressions, greatandsmall.
(T) orfalse (F).
____ 1)“Spectre”isusedsymbolicallyinthepoem.
____ 2)TheSpectreisoneaspectofthefourfoldnatureofthehumanpsychealongwithHumanity, EmanationandShadowthatWilliamBlakeusedtoexplorehisspiritualmythologythroughouthispoetryandart.
____ 3)Thepoemissweetandlivelyinnature.
____ 4)Thespectrehereprobablyreferstotheconscienceofhumanbeings.
____ 5)Thepoemhasapsychologicalandphilosophicaltouchinit.
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ProperNames
Ingolstadt ( 地名) 英戈尔施塔特
Dante 但丁
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