2011Journal of Hebei Polytechnic UniversityRequires access

Poetic Metaphor and Its Translation

Zang Gai-li

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Poetic metaphor is the indispensable coat of a poem,and if there is no poetic metaphor,all the poems would lose its unique charm and beauty,and all the thoughts,feelings,and the philosophy of life that the author placed in the poem will lose.Therefore,to understand the metaphor in the poem is essential.By an analysis of the development situation of the Metaphor at home and abroad,and through the analysis of the poetic metaphor and translation in Chinese and English poems,this paper aims to find the concepts and ideas that the Poetic Metaphor takes,and study the role of metaphor in poem and its translation skills from cross-cultural and cognitive point of view.

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Poetic metaphor is the indispensable coat of a poem,and if there is no poetic metaphor,all the poems would lose its unique charm and beauty,and all the thoughts,feelings,and the philosophy of life that the author placed in the poem will lose.Therefore,to understand the metaphor in the poem is essential.By an analysis of the development situation of the Metaphor at home and abroad,and through the analysis of the poetic metaphor and translation in Chinese and English poems,this paper aims to find the concepts and ideas that the Poetic Metaphor takes,and study the role of metaphor in poem and its translation skills from cross-cultural and cognitive point of view.

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Poetic metaphor is the indispensable coat of a poem,and if there is no poetic metaphor,all the poems would lose its unique charm and beauty,and all the thoughts,feelings,and the philosophy of life that the author placed in the poem will lose.Therefore,to understand the metaphor in the poem is essential.By an analysis of the development situation of the Metaphor at home and abroad,and through the analysis of the poetic metaphor and translation in Chinese and English poems,this paper aims to find the concepts and ideas that the Poetic Metaphor takes,and study the role of metaphor in poem and its translation skills from cross-cultural and cognitive point of view.

Key concepts: Metaphor, Poetry, Feeling, Literature, Beauty, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Linguistics

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