英国文学史课文-希腊古瓮颂
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Ode on a Grecian Urn
by John Keats
Thou still unravished bride of quietness, Thou foster child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loath? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
你委身“寂静”的、完美的处子，
受过了“沉默”和“悠久”的抚育，
呵，田园的史家，你竟能铺叙
一个如花的故事，比诗还瑰丽：
在你的形体上，岂非缭绕着
古老的传说，以绿叶为其边缘；
讲着人，或神，敦陂或阿卡狄？
呵，是怎样的人，或神！在舞乐前
多热烈的追求！少女怎样地逃躲！
怎样的风笛和鼓谣！怎样的狂喜！
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared, Pipe to the spirit dities of no tone. Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal---yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss Forever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
听见的乐声虽好，但若听不见
却更美；所以，吹吧，柔情的风笛；
不是奏给耳朵听，而是更甜，
它给灵魂奏出无声的乐曲；
树下的美少年呵，你无法中断
你的歌，那树木也落不了叶子；
卤莽的恋人，你永远、永远吻不上，
虽然够接近了--但不必心酸；
她不会老，虽然你不能如愿以偿，
你将永远爱下去，她也永远秀丽！
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unweari-ed,
Forever piping songs forever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!
Forever warm and still to be enjoyed,
Forever panting, and forever young;
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloyed,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
呵，幸福的树木！你的枝叶
不会剥落，从不曾离开春天；
幸福的吹笛人也不会停歇，
他的歌曲永远是那么新鲜；
呵，更为幸福的、幸福的爱！
永远热烈，正等待情人宴飨，
永远热情地心跳，永远年轻；
幸福的是这一切超凡的情态：
它不会使心灵餍足和悲伤，
没有炽热的头脑，焦渴的嘴唇。
Who are these coming to the sacrifice? 这些人是谁呵，都去赶祭祀？
To what green altar, O mysterious priest, 这作牺牲的小牛，对天鸣叫，
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, 你要牵它到哪儿，神秘的祭司？
And all her silken flanks with garlands dressed? 花环缀满着它光滑的身腰。
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What little town by river or sea shore, 是从哪个傍河傍海的小镇，
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, 或哪个静静的堡寨山村，
s emptied of this folk, this pious morn? 来了这些人，在这敬神的清早？
And, little town, thy streets for evermore 呵，小镇，你的街道永远恬静；
Will silent be; and not a soul to tell 再也不可能回来一个灵魂
Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. 告诉人你何以是这么寂寥。
O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity. Cold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"---that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
哦，希腊的形状！唯美的观照！
上面缀有石雕的男人和女人，
还有林木，和践踏过的青草；
沉默的形体呵，你象是“永恒”
使人超越思想：呵，冰冷的牧歌！
等暮年使这一世代都凋落，
只有你如旧；在另外的一些
忧伤中，你会抚慰后人说：
“美即是真，真即是美，”这就包括
你们所知道、和该知道的一切。
美是济慈的毕生追求，《希腊古瓮颂》是诗人对美的颂歌。诗歌通过诗人对古瓮观感以及与
古瓮的对话，得出了“美即是真，真即是美”的结论。济慈的这句名言向来颇有争议，很值
得我们思考。在这首诗中，古瓮之美不仅仅在于“优美”和“美妙”：三幅画面中既有人/
神狂欢和少年求爱的美好画面，也有小镇倾城献祭的凄凉街景。诗中的美是艺术之美。作为
艺术品，这首诗和古瓮是美的，这美源自有悲也有乐的生活，这便是真。生活的本真是艺术
美的源泉，艺术之美则使生活的本真得以永存。这句话也可看作诗人一生的写照。济慈出生
寒微，在创作过程中不断受到死亡的威胁，但他以短暂的生命创作出大批具有强烈美感的名
篇佳作。他的艺术成就是他在生活之真中追求美的结果，他所创造出来的艺术美则使他的一
生不朽于世。
Ode_on_a_Grecian_Urn_希腊古瓮颂
Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead’st thou tat heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest? What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be; and a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e’er return.
O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As dost eternity: Cold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st, ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’- that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adiwu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love! For ever warm and still to be enjoy’d, For ever panting and for ever young; All breathing human passion far above, That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy’d, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
永恒的颂歌——《希腊古瓮颂》之文学赏析
在 ２ 岁 时就英 年早逝 ， 留下 了不 少脍炙 人 口的诗篇 ， ５ 却 如
的特定写法 。而 济 慈 的颂 就 试 图在 古典 诗期 ） １
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永恒 的颂 歌
《 腊 古瓮颂 》 文 学 赏析 希 之
李 琨
（ 河南师范大学 外 国语学院， 河南 新 乡 ４ ３０ ） ５０ ７
摘要 ： 约翰 ・ 济慈一直被认 为是 英国浪漫主义运动 中最杰出的诗人代表之一。他的诗歌体现 了济 慈对 大 自然的 强烈感受和热爱， 中他 的颂歌 一直被 学术界所推 崇 ， 其 尤其是其代表 作《 希腊 古瓮颂） 被认 为是 济慈写作天赋最 自然
的和最高超的体现之一 。通过对 古瓮上所刻画的风 土人情 ， 园风光的独特描 绘 ， 田 来展 现其 完 美的 写作 风格 和创作
技巧 。本文将 通过对《 希腊 古瓮颂＞ 的韵律 结构 、 主题 、 意象三 方面的 赏析来揭示济 慈诗歌 中“ 永恒 的关” 这一主题。 关键词 ：希腊 古瓮颂》 约翰 ・ 《 ； 济慈； 永恒的关
约翰 ・ 济慈被誉 为 ｌ ９世纪 最伟 大 的英 国浪漫 主义诗 法 。
３）颂 ” 词在 在古 代 文献 中是 指一 个 复杂 的 抒 １“ 一 １
的美 这一主题 。颂 的每一小 节前 四行韵 律采 用 ａａ ｂｂ式结 绝 ， 韵 自然流 畅 。 诗
构 ； 和最 后 一 小 节后 六 行 采 用 了 ｃｅｃ 模 式 ； 第 第一 ｄｄｅ 而 二、 三和第 四小 节的后六行 则 以 ｃｅｄ 格局 结束 。济 慈诗 ｄｃｅ
最美的英语诗歌：Ode on a Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮颂
最美的英语诗歌：Ode on a Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮颂关于这首希腊古瓮颂的诗歌相信很多人都有听说过，以下给大家整理的邂逅世间最美的英语诗歌OdeonaGrecianUrn希腊古瓮颂。
希望可以帮到大家OdeonaGrecianUrn希腊古瓮颂JohnKeats约翰济慈Thoustillunravishedbrideofquietness,你仍是宁静未过门的新娘，Thoufoster-childofsilenceandslowtime,你皇寂静与悠长岁月的养女，Sylvanhistorian,whocanstthuseingtothesacrifice这些献祭的人是谁Towhatgreenaltar,omysteriousountain-builtwithom来了这些人，在这虔诚的清晨And,littletown,thystreetsforevermore嗬，小镇，你的街道永远恬静;Willsilentbe;andnotasoultotell没有一个人能赶回来，告诉你Whythouartdesolate,caneerreturn为什么你是这样荒凉静寂。
OAtticshaarblemenandmaidensoverwrought,上面细刻着大理石的男女之像，Withforestbranchesandthetroddenweed;那画图里头上有树枝、脚下有青草，Thou,silentform,dostteaseusoutofthought你嘲笑得我们不知如何是好，你这无言的形状，!就像永恒嘲笑我们一样;你这苍凉的田园风光! Whenoldageshallthisgenerationwaste,当衰老把我们这代人消磨殆尽，Thoushaltremain,inmidstofotherwoe你仍留在下一代更痛苦的人之中，Thanours,afriendtoman,towhomthousay39;st 你对他们说，你是人类的友人，Beautyistruth,truthbeauty,thatisall美即是真，真即是美这就包括在这世界上，Yenowonearth,andallyeneedtonow我们所知和需知的一切。
浪漫主义诗歌的奇葩——约翰·济慈《希腊古瓮颂》解读
浪漫主义诗歌的奇葩——约翰济慈《希腊古瓮颂》解读张素月
【期刊名称】《商丘职业技术学院学报》
【年(卷),期】2008(7)6
【摘要】约翰.济慈被誉为"诗人中的诗人",19世纪初英国文坛上一位杰出的浪漫主义诗人.他的诗以优美动人著称,充满了对人生美丽和短暂的深痛感悟.在济慈的作品中最为不朽的当属他的颂歌,<希腊古瓮颂>是其中的一首.该诗布局精美,形象美,韵律美,语言美,表明了诗人对永恒美的向往和追求,阐明了"真"、"美"学说.
【总页数】2页(P68-69)
【作者】张素月
【作者单位】商丘师范学院外语学院.河南,商丘,476000
【正文语种】中文
【中图分类】I2
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希腊古瓮颂 英文赏析
On the Beauty of Ode on a Grecian Urn As a famous poem of John Keats’ main works, Ode on a Grecian Urn is a remarkable classic to people from generation to generation. One of the reasons why it is renowned is thanks to the excellent poet, John Keats, who is extremely gifted but died young. Besides Ode on a Grecian Urn, in his short but precious poetry life, there emerges several other popular works, to illustrate, To a Nightingale, To Psyche, The Eve of St. Agnes and so on. Full of various beauties, Ode on a Grecian Urn is very worthy appreciating on its theme, images and rhetorical forms. Through depicting an exquisite Grecian Urn made a thousand years ago, the poet expresses his strong admiration to the artist’s innovative skill which shocks him greatly. “Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, thou foster-child of silence and slow time” refers to the urn, which as a work of art, has been wedded to the quietness and brought up by silence and slow time, and therefore, suffers no change. It also shows that the poet has absorbed himself into the timeless beautiful scenery on the antique Grecian urn. Actually, the theme is embodied in the contrast between the permanence of art and the transience of the human life. Art is immortal. Next, a variety of images in the poem all become the aids to set off the theme. Keats arranges them flexibly and properly, which is quite impressive. Pipe in the second stanza, along with the youth, the trees attract the poet’s endless fantasy about a lovely spot. And in the third, green altar, mysterious priest and the heifer lowing at the skies altogether structure a lifelike picture. Then in the last stanza, having listing the marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed, he attributes his unforgettable sensation to all the readers. We can’t forget both the talent of the artistry of the poet and the artist to mould their images. In addition, almost all of the vivid expressions in the poem are contributed by wonderful use of rhetorical forms. Personification, allusion, metaphor, metonymy and hyperbole can find their way into the poem. The whole work is written in a thrilling tone as first person with the help of personification. “Ye know on the earth, and all ye need to know” is full of philosophy and emotion. Allusion expressions include “Sylvan” “dales of Arcady”, even and his own quotation “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” The first two lines in the first stanza is a wonderful use of metaphor which compares the urn to bride, beautiful and silent. Hyperbole is also very obvious. “As doth eternity” and other description to the still imagery on it all highlight the poet’s adoration to the urn. All in all, Ode on a Grecian Urn, written by the positive romanticist John Keats, is absolutely a representative in the second part of English Romanticism. Fruitful of its theme, imagery, and rhetorical forms, the poem successfully expresses the praise to the creativity of artists in that time, and the poet’s admiration. It’s the masterpiece of time and eternity.
《希腊古瓮颂》：在艺术的永恒中寻求灵魂的慰藉
你委 身“ 寂 静” 的、 完 美的处子 ，
受 过 了“ 沉默 ” 和“ 悠 久” 的抚 育… …
在你 的形 体上 ，
岂 非 缭 绕 着 古 老 的传 说 ， 以绿 叶 为 其 边 缘 ， 讲 着人或神 、 敦 陂或 阿 卡 狄 ？ ［ ３ ］ ５
有所论述， 如 洪碧 芬 的 《 美 的体 验
Ｎｏ ｔ ｔ ｏ ｔ ｈ ｅ ｓ ｅ ｎ ｓ ｕ ａ ｌ ｅ ａ ｒ ， ｂ ｕｔ ， ｍｏ ｒ ｅ ｅ ｎｄ ｅ ａ ｒ ’ ｄ， Ｐｉ ｐｅ ｔ ｏ ｔ ｈｅ ｓ ｐｉ ｒ ｉ ｔ ｄ ｉ ｔ ｉ ｅ ｓ ｏ ｆ ｎｏ ｔ ｏｎ ｅ ． ［ ］ 。
这古 瓮为 读者 在想 象与 真实之 间架起 了一 座沟
通 的桥梁 。
Ｈｅ ａ ｒ ｄ ｍｅ ｌ ｏ ｄｉ ｅ ｓ ａ ｒ ｅ ｓ ｗｅ ｅ ｔ ， ｂｕ ｔ ｔ ｈｏ ｓ ｅ ｕ ｎｈｅ ａ ｒ ｄ，
Ａｒ ｅ ｓ ｗｅ ｅ ｔ ｅ ｒ； ｔ ｈ ｅ ｒ ｅ ｆ ｏ ｒ ｅ ， ｙ ｅ ｓ ｏｆ ｔ ｐｉ ｐ ｅ ｓ， ｐｌ ａ ｙ ｏ ｎ；
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Ｊ ｏ ｕｒ ｎ ａ ｌ ｏ ｆ Ｓｏ ｕ ｔ ｈ ｗｅ ｓ ｔ Ａｇ ｒ ｉ ｃ ｕ ｌ ｔ ｕ ｒ ａ ｌ Ｕｎ ｉ ｖ ｅ ｒ ｓ ｉ ｔ ｙ（ Ｓ ｏ ｃ ｉ ａ ｌ Ｓ ｃ ｉ ｅ ｎ ｃ ｅ Ｅｄ ｉ ｔ ｉ ｏ ｎ）
解： 对 艺术 永恒 之美 的欣 赏 与领 悟 要 靠不 断升 华 自
＊ 收稿 日期 ： ２ ０ １ ３—０ １ —０ ３ 作者 简介 ： 宋文玲 （ １ ９ ６ ８ 一） ， 女， 辽宁盖州人 ， 大 连 大 学讲 师 ， 硕 士， 研究方 向： 英美文学。
【推荐下载】谈希腊古瓮颂中的美学思想
谈希腊古瓮颂中的美学思想约翰济慈(John Keats，1795 1821)，出生于伦敦，他是杰出的英国诗人之一，并被推崇为欧洲浪漫主义运动的杰出代表。
济慈从童年起并没受过良好的家庭教育，也没有得到过高等学府的正规教育，他只是在扫盲教育中启发了对知识的爱好，在遨游书海中发现了古典寓言和传统的美，在斯宾塞和莎士比亚那里窥见和学到了诗歌的魅力，从朋友海登以及其他画家那儿发掘了造型艺术的美感。
可以说，他是凭自己的直觉、自己的想象，在他的周围筑起了一个他所企求和信赖的美的世界。
他的诗歌《希腊古瓮颂》完美地展现了他的美学思想。
《希腊古瓮颂》创作于一八一九年五月，几乎和《夜莺颂》同时产生。
从诗的形式上看，这两首颂诗基本相同，耐人寻味的艺术效果也达到了异曲同工之妙。
一、想象之美 什么是美?济慈明白无误地指出：美即是真。
什么是真呢?济慈说：想象所见的美即是真。
他在写给出版商柏莱的信中这么说：我只确信，心灵的爱好是神圣的，想象是真实的想象所见的美也是真实的不论它以前是否存在因为我认为我们的一切激情与爱情一样，在它们崇高的境界里，都能创造出本质的美。
济慈在他的诗作《希腊古瓮颂》里阐明了他的真、美学说。
《希腊古瓮颂》全诗分五节，每节十行，共五十行。
诗人一见古瓮，就浮想联翩，马上情不自禁地感叹起来： 你仍然完好的静寂的新娘， 你沉默和时间的养子， 田园的史家，竟能讲叙 如花的故事，比诗还瑰丽： 在你绿叶镶边的坯体上， 是否缭绕着古老的传说， 讲着人，讲着神，潭碧谷或阿卡地? 呵，这是怎么样的人，怎么样的神呵! 多热烈的追求!多害羞的少女! 多动听的鼓乐!多醉心的狂喜! 美学和翻译的结合，称之为翻译美学。
美学可以指导翻译的理论与实践，借以在翻译领域发展自身;翻译美学是翻译理论与文艺美学、古典美学及现代美学有机结合的产物。
翻译美学将翻译界公认的三元关系原文译者译文中的译者定义为审美主体，而将翻译原文与译文定义为审美客体，主要探讨审美客体、审美主体以及主客体与接收者的关系;翻译审美各层次的再现手段以及翻译的美学多维化标准;通过探索研究提高译者同时驾驭两种语言互译中的美的鉴赏能力，进而真实表现两种文化交相辉映的丰富内涵与深厚的底蕴。
真与美的赞歌——从《希腊古瓮颂》解读济慈的美学观
真与美的赞歌——从《希腊古瓮颂》解读济慈的美学观周燕
【期刊名称】《科教导刊》
【年(卷),期】2013(000)029
【摘要】《希腊古瓮颂》是英国十九世纪浪漫主义诗人约翰·济慈的著名诗篇,是诗人独特的审美追求和深刻的艺术美学观的集中体现.在这首诗中,一只年代久远的希腊古瓮激发了诗人的无尽想象,让诗人带领读者走入了一个至真至美的诗的世界.济慈认为艺术的至高境界是真与美的融合统一,而要想达到真即美,美即真的境界,要凭借艺术家丰富独特的想象力去寻找、发现和感悟,而不是靠逻辑推理去验证.
【总页数】3页(P159-160,184)
【作者】周燕
【作者单位】南京师范大学外国语学院江苏·南京210097
【正文语种】中文
【中图分类】I106.3
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最美的英语诗歌：Ode on a Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮颂
最美的英语诗歌：Ode on a Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮颂关于这首希腊古瓮颂的诗歌相信很多人都有听说过，以下是小编给大家整理的邂逅世间最美的英语诗歌——Ode on a Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮颂。
希望可以帮到大家Ode on a Grecian Urn希腊古瓮颂John Keats约翰济慈Thou still unravished bride of quietness,你仍是宁静未过门的新娘，Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,你皇寂静与悠长岁月的养女，Sylvan historian,who canst thus express嗬，田园的史家，你竟能如此描述A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme：一个如花的故事，比诗还瑰丽：What leaMringed legend haunts about thy shape在你的形体上，岂非缭绕着Of deities or mortals,or of both,古老的传说，以绿叶为其边缘;In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?讲着人或神，敦陂或阿卡狄?What men or gods are these? What maidens loath?嗬，是什么人，什么神!在舞乐前What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?多热烈地追求!少女怎样地逃!What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?又是怎样的笛子和手鼓?怎样狂野地着迷?Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard乐曲传美妙，无声胜有声;Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;因此，柔情的风笛，你尽情地吹;Not to the sensual ear,but, more endeared,无声的小曲不是吹给肉耳听的，Pipe to the spirit dities of no tone ：而是与更钟爱的人两心相期。
希腊古瓮颂 英语诗歌 纯英文 诗歌赏析
An analysis of the poem Ode on a Grecian UrnOne of the most beautiful poems by John Keats（31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821）Ode on a Grecian Urn is a poem written by John Keats in 1819 and was published in 1820. The poem describes a scene in which a man is trying to immerse himself into the eternal beauty of the Grecian Urn. Through the lines in the poem, it could be found that the man is deep in thought and is going back and forth between the eternal perfect portrayed on the urn and the true fact in the real life with a romantic tongue and a tense emotion. Because of the truehearted expressing way of the poem, people who try to understand this poem would found themselves begin to empathy with the man in the poem.In the first stanza, John Keats used seven question marks to describe the inner world of the man who was observing the urn carefully. The man was trying hard to let himself go into the world of the urn, like an explorer of beauty, and immerse himself into the urn to try to become one with it.Then start from the second stanza, John Keats begin to get into his work of depicting the things painted on the urn with his romantic thinking model. For example, we can see the unheard melody which is sweeter than the heard one, we can see the beautiful trees that are always live in spring and we can also see the bold lovers who can’t kiss each other eternally…… All the things seem to become peaceful and still in their best states, the timeless beauty. These descriptions of the poem add few glamour to the image of the urn. However, no matter how fascinated the world on the urn is, after all, it isn’t the truth of our life. Therefore, after a great length of description of the timeless beauty of the urn, John Keats’ mood changed from enjoyable to melancholy.As is said in the poem: “Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought. As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!” The unheard pastoral is so sweet, so charming but also “cold”, that is because the poet realized the difference between art and life, which has some relations with each other but a lot of differences as well. Art could grasp the momentary beauty of life however the true life can’t keep still like art. Life has its ups and downs and time would elapsing quickly and the poet might feel that something is missing in his heart. That’s why the eternal world on the urn is beautiful but cold as well.After that, it comes to the most controversial line in the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn. In the last stanza, John Keats wrote that: “beauty is truth, truth beauty.” Everyone who reads the poem will have a unique comprehension of this line and while I was reading this line, I could feel a tense mood of melancholy probably for the elapsing time of human life. Besides sadness, there is always a comfort from the bottom of the poet’s heart. Since the coldness of beauty on the urn has already deeply rooted in his heart. By telling himself beauty is truth, truth beauty, the poet could put himself at ease to some extent.Last but not least, there is another point which is worth mentioning: the image of the “bold lover”. According to the history, John Keats died in 1821 and Ode on a Grecian Urn was written in 1819, the time which is two years before he died. During those years in John Keats’ life, he also has a girl he loved, but he couldn’t merry her because of economic problems. Maybe, the bold lovers who couldn’t kiss each other is an implication of Keats’ own experience. While his love and sorrow mix together, the poem becomes much more attractive to readers.。