摘 要
每首诗歌都有它独特的形式和元素，这些元素包括：韵律、语调、意象和主题。就本质上说，“意象”一词是属于诗歌的，意象就是诗歌的灵魂，因此，意象在读者理解诗歌的过程中扮演着重要角色。英国浪漫主义诗歌中的意象表现极其丰富，其中最常见的是“夜莺”意象。本文首先介绍意象的概念、分类及它在诗歌中的重要作用，其次根据几位英国浪漫主义诗人的代表诗作对诗歌中所含有的夜莺意象进行大致归类，再次结合几位代表诗人各自的生活背景及成长经历比较分析英诗中的夜莺意象的异同点，最后总结夜莺意象在英国浪漫主义时期下的成因及意义。
关键词：英国浪漫主义诗歌；夜莺；意象
ABSTRACT
Poetry has its unique form and elements. These elements include rhyme, tone, image and theme. And in essence, image is the soul of poetry, so it plays an important role in understanding the poetry. The images in English Romantic poetry perform a very rich forms, the most common image is the “Nightingale” image.
This paper first introduces the definition and classification and the importance of image in poetry. Second comes up with three types of nightingale images after analyzes some major Romantic poets’ poems. Third combines the background and their life experience of poets with their nightingale images, comes to summarize the similarities and differences of nightingale images in poems. Last, points out the causes and significance of nightingale image under that historical background.
Key words：English Romantic poetry; Nightingale; image
Contents
1．Introduction 1
2. The image in poetry 2
2.1 The definition and classification of Image 2
2.2 The function of poetic Image 3
3. Three types of Nightingale image 5
3.1 Nightingale of myth-based 6
3.2 Description on nightingale’s life habits 7
3.3 Expression of inner feelings 8
4. The Nightingale and Romantic poets 10
4.1 William Wordsworth’s To a Skylark--the sad and disparaging nightingale 10
4.2 John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale--the happy and sad nightingale 11
5．The historical reasons of Nightingale image 14
6．Conclusion 15
Acknowledgements 16
References 17
