heroiccouplet(刘意青简明英国文学史配套题库)

第2部分文艺复兴与莎士比亚(1485-1616)
一、填空题
1. The term _____ originally indicated a revival of classic Greek and Roman arts and science after the dark ages of medieval obscurantism. (北京交通大学2006研)
【答案】Renaissance
【解析】文艺复兴起初是指经历了漫长、蒙昧的中世纪后,对古希腊和罗马艺术及科学的复兴。
2. Shakespeare’s authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two _____ and 154 _____. (国际关系学院2009研)
【答案】long poems; sonnets
【解析】莎士比亚的作品除了戏剧之外,还包括两首长诗(“Venus and Adonis”及“The Rape of Lucrece”)和154首十四行诗。)
3. “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines” is a line taken from “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare. The underlined phrase refers to _____. (首师大2008研)
【答案】the sun
【解析】“天空中的眼睛”指的是太阳。此句意为:有时候阳光过于炽烈。
4. In William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, the speaker compares his beloved to the summer season, and in the last two lines (“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee”), written in a rhymed _____, he states that his beloved will live in eternity through “this”, which refers to _____. (天津外国语学院2011研)
【答案】heroic couplet, poem
【解析】诗句为莎士比亚十四行诗第18首的最后两句。全诗由三组五步抑扬格的四行诗节(quatrains)和一组英雄偶句诗(heroic couplet)组成,英雄偶句诗指两行五个抑扬格押韵的诗体。诗中,作者认为你(情人/朋友)的不朽恰好来自诗人美丽的诗篇。
5. Author: _____. Title: _____.(南京大学2008研)
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
【答案】Author: William Shakespeare; Title: Romeo and Juliet
【解析】题目节选自莎士比亚的Romeo and Juliet中Act Ⅱ scene 2。题中诗句译文为:她脸庞的光辉,可使群星羞愧。/就像阳光可使灯光失色一般。/她的眼眸从天空穿过大气/流泻出光亮,鸟儿们会以为夜已尽而开始歌唱。
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