So when we read a poem,don't skip over the words and leap at once to the poem's general theme(主旨)； instead,take time to savor(品味) the words,both the literal and figurative meanings of the words. 意和寓意
+ So when we read a poem, don’t skip over the words and leap at once to the poem’s general theme(主旨); instead, take time to savor(品味) the words, both the literal and figurative meanings of the words. 本 意和寓意
DENOTATION&CONNOTATION +本义Denotation(the literal meaning): the ordinary,matter-of-fact sense found in a dictionary. +德含s义Connotation(the figurative meaning):associations or suggestions of additional meaning gained from all the contexts in which we have met it in the past
+ 本义 Denotation (the literal meaning): the ordinary, matter-of-fact sense found in a dictionary. + 隐含义 Connotation(the figurative meaning) : associations or suggestions of additional meaning gained from all the contexts in which we have met it in the past
Read the following poem and see what you make of it
+Read the following poem and see what you make of it
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS(1883-1963 This is Just to Say l have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
and which you were probably saving for breakfast
and which you were probably saving for breakfast