ocaptainmycaptain文体学分析课件.ppt

1、注：文本框可根据需求改变颜色、移动位置；文字可编辑O Captain!My Captain!O Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the prize we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel grim and daring:But O heart!heart!heart!O the

2、 bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.O Captain!My Captain!rise up and hear the bells;Rise upfor you the flag is flungfor you the bugle trills;For you bouquets and ribbond wreathsfor you the shores a-crowding;For you they call,the swaying mass,their eager face

3、s turning;Here captain!dear father!This arm beneath your head;It is some dream that on the deck,Youve fallen cold and dead.My Captain does not answer,his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm,he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchord safe and sound,its voyage closed and done;From

4、 fearful trip,the victor ship,comes in with object won;Exult,O shores,and ring,O bells!But I,with mournful tread,Walk the deck my captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.IntroductionWalt Whitman composed the poem O Captain!My Captain!after Abraham Lincolns assassination in 1865.The poem is classified as a

5、n elegy or mourning poem,and was written to honor Abraham Lincoln,the 16th president of the United States.Walt Whitman was born in 1819 and died in 1892,and the American Civil War was the central event of his life.O Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the pri

6、ze we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel grim and daring:But O heart!heart!heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.The phonetic levell1 repetition “captain”is used twice

7、 to stress authors respect as well as longing for his hero.The repetition of the words with the simple syllable“heart!heart!heart!”achieves the great change from excitation to sorrow,stressing a heart-breaking atmosphere of art.When the writer repeats the word,we can almost hear gunshots.Three“O”con

8、veys authors infinite sorrow over Lincoln death.(Apostrophe)O Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the prize we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel grim and daring:But O heart!hea

9、rt!heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.The phonetic levell2“fallen cold and dead”in the poem enforce a sorrowful effect of art.lThese three words include the sound of“O”.For one part,“O”is the sound expressed when people are mourning something.The

10、 use of this sound make readers feel the sorrow people feel for their captain.And for another,”O”is a sound that is down.It implies the fact that captain is dead.l3 done and wonlThe two words sound simple,powerful and inspiring,filling with optimistic spirit,conveying a musical beauty.The phonetic l

11、evell4 The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting down:port,bells,people,exulting up:near,hear(assonance)With the sound up and down,the poem reads easily to pronounce,like the sea surging waves,waves and ripples changing.The lexical levellAllegory:lThis poem is written in the form of

12、an allegory.the Captain is a substitute for Abraham Lincoln,and the ship is the United States of America.The fearful trip is the Civil War,which had ended just prior to Lincolns assassination.Thus having won the prize of victory,the ship is returning home,just as the Union,led by Lincoln,had returne

13、d victorious from the Civil War.O Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the prize we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel grim and daring:But O heart!heart!heart!O the bleeding drop

14、s of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.The lexical levellPersonification:lIn Line 4,the vessel grim and daring,the adjectives meaning brave and not yielding are usually used to modify human being or animate objects,so the writer takes the vessel as a man possessing this kind

15、 of characteristics.O Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the prize we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel grim and daring:But O heart!heart!heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Whe

16、re on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.The lexical levellSynecdochelEyes:people on the boardlKeel:the ship Drops of red:defamilization lIt shows authors reluctance to face the cruel reality.He still cant believe his beloved captain has been covered with blood and rested in peace.lExulti

17、ng,grim,daring,all those formal words add the color of solemnity and formalness in the poemO Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the prize we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel

18、grim and daring:But O heart!heart!heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.The syntatic levellThe sentences are all short ones with the longest one twelve words and the shortest one word.lThe broken lines such as Line 5 to 8 are called hemistiches and

19、are commonly used to the underlying rhythm of the poem and to suggest emotional upheaval.O Captain!My Captain!our fearful trip is done;The ship has weatherd every rack,the prize we sought is won;The port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel gr

20、im and daring:But O heart!heart!heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.The syntatic levellong lines and four short lines are arranged in a peculiar way.They are shaped like a ship,which is consistent with the symbolic meaning of the poem.The syntacti

21、c levellThe port is near,the bells I hear,the people all exultinglParalism.The port,the bells,the people,with simple,concise words,the sentence vividly draws the picture of people welcome to the victory.These images engaging the readers senses of sight,touch and hearing,serve to attract the readers

22、attention and create vivid pictures in the readers mind.lWhile follow eyes the steady keel,the vessel grim and daringlInversion.When readers read the sentence,they will feel that they are following peoples eyes,so that they are watching the keel with the crowd together.This gives the readers the sen

23、se that as if they are in the poem.Meanwhile,grim and daring is emphasized to indicate the uneasiness of the victory.lThe syntactic levellWhere on the deck my Captain lieslInversion is used to emphasize the deck.Its a place where soldiers usually stand.This indicates that our captain always stands on the front to fight against the storm.And now he rests peacefully on the deck.This simple change of consequence of word shows authors endless admiration towards Lincoln.lThank you