What will your verse be?
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman,“O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?“
Answer. That you are here — that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?
1.noble /ˈnoʊbl/
adj.高贵的;宏伟的;高尚的 n.贵族
2.pursuits /pərˈsuːt/
n.嗜好;消遣;工作;追赶( pursuit的名词复数)
3.sustain /səˈsteɪn/
vt.支持;承受;维持;认可;经受
4.romance /ˈroʊmæns/
n.浪漫史;爱情故事;冒险故事;传奇文学;虚构 vi.讲虚构故事 vt.<口>向…求爱
5.recurring /rɪ'kɜːɪŋ/
adj.再发的;循环的动词recur的现在分词.
6.amid /əˈmɪd/
prep.在其间
7.verse /vɜːrs/
n.诗;韵文;诗节 vi.作诗 vt.诗化;在诗中表现;对...精通
我们读诗写诗,不是因为它的可爱;我的读诗写诗,因为我们是人类的一员,而人类总是充满激情。
没错,医学、法律、商业、工程,这些都是高尚的理想追求,并且是支持生活所必须的。但诗歌、美好的事物、浪漫、爱情,这些才是我们存在的意义。
惠特曼曾写道:“哦,自我!,生命!这些问题总是循环往复(的出现)。背信弃义无休止的滋生,充满愚昧的城市…在这其中有什么意义?哦,自我!哦,生命!
答案是…因为你的存在,因为生命和身份特征的存在;因为伟大的戏剧在继续,而你可以奉献一首诗”。
因为伟大的戏剧在继续,而你可以奉献一首诗。
那么你的诗将是什么?
文章来源:百词斩ai阅读;Robin Williams,Dead Poets Society
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