【Poem Reading Tuesday】Aliens by Amy Lowell

Aliens 
by Amy Lowell

The chatter of little people   
Breaks on my purpose
Like the water-drops which slowly wear the rocks to powder.
And while I laugh
My spirit crumbles at their teasing touch.

Source: Selected Poems of Amy Lowell (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002)

About the author
Amy Lowell | Poetry Foundation

【活动说明】
欣赏了诗歌之后，欢迎大家在跟帖里对诗歌进行点评，分享读后感。本活动主要是为大家提供一个阅读英文诗歌的窗口，以赏诗为主，不要求写诗。如果大家偶尔灵感闪现，有感而发地想要写写诗的话，大家可以尝试用相同的或者相关的诗歌标题，写出不一样的英文诗，在赏诗写诗的过程中自娱自乐。写出来的英文诗如果愿意分享的话，欢迎以主帖或者跟帖的方式分享。谢谢大家的关注和支持！

Let's get some learning from the fun and get some fun from the learning!

所有跟帖： 

• Happy Tuesday! 欢迎大家在跟帖里对诗歌进行点评，分享读后感。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 07:56:11

• The title is too powerful. I can't stop thinking of -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:15:25

• face-huggers, xenomorphs, and neomorphs :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:16:15

• Hahaha, Aliens here maybe not the real aliens we think of. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:43:10

• They are from this real world. It's a symbol. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:45:21

• Thank you for reading and commenting. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:57:01

• 我把ChatGPT和Allpoetry的诗歌分析放在这里，供大家参考，和大家一起学习，详见里面： -CBA7- ♀ (2736 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 09:52:44

• the poem captures a sense of vulnerability and fragility+1 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:59:43

• Chatgpt评得好！诗更是写得好！人言可畏的。谢谢小西的分享！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:00:50

• 谢谢冬夏分享读后感。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:19:30

• 英文也有“小人”little people？水滴石穿。中英文真是有异曲同工之妙～ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:17:53

• Yes, you got it! -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:26:25

• reading it, I felt sorry for the author. It's best -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:37:04

• to stay away from&ignore "little people", if one can help it -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:38:46

• She didnt need2write a poem. Out of sight，out of mind -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:51:43

• Maybe the poem was her way to get it out of mind? ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:02:52

• 哈哈, anyone can write a poem whenever she/he wants to do so. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:29:21

• 写诗，读诗是一种作者和读者进行心灵交流的方式。如果Amy Lowell不写的话，我们就看不到这首名诗了 ：） -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:32:22

• Yes, the poem can help others read her mind，对世人有启迪和警示的作用。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:36:49

• "breaks on my purpose"不太好理解 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:05:06

• 请Go兄参见我在上面提供的由ChatGPT和Allpoetry所作的诗歌分析，会有助于理解。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:13:13

• 我有些好奇，如果ChatGPT不知道已有的解读，它会怎么理解这首诗呢？这是无法回答的问题了。 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:27:48

• 哈哈，好问题，ChatGPT很聪明，它很好地解读了我的那首小诗《The Fish Who Can Think》，见上面。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:32:50

• I feel this is about the influence of societal norms -甜虫虫- ♀ (245 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:55:21

• That's right. 谢谢虫虫分享读后感。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 21:14:10

• 谢谢小西的分享！这首Aliens似乎是为了表达她作为人群中的异类，一种孤独隔离的感受。 -小鱼无双- ♀ (1530 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 17:36:55

• 同感，谢谢小鱼儿好分享。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 21:20:56