Comparison Of The Poetical Theory Of English And Chinese Metaphysical Poetry

Wei jin metaphysical poetry in The three to four centuries and the poem Englishmetaphysical poetry in the17th century, although which were from the culturalbackground and specific view to render, are distinct from the traditional narrativeand lyric poetry,and they both have typical significance in creating the traditional ofintellectual or speculative poetry. Wei jin metaphysical poetry took a backwash ofprevious poetry including the Book of Songs, Chutsi,Hanyuefu and poetry in theperiod of Jian an, which extended the spiritual and aesthetic realm in Chinese classicalpoetry, and played a pioneering role in finding the new way of composing poems andnew theory of poetry different from the Confucian teaching for poetry, while itfundamentally changed language of poetry, although Wei jin metaphysical poetry hasbeen neglected and completely negated. for long time sincethe Eastern Jin Dynasty,infact, it had a profound effect.for landscape poems, pastoral poetry,Taoism poetry,and intellectual poetry in Song Dynasty. The poetry in Jianan established thetradition of lyric written by intellectuals, and created the tradition of intellectualpoetry, therefore, they both contributed to the awakening of literature.Similarly,under the influence of Humanism in British Renaissance,English metaphysical poetryappeared and took its glorious time on the basis of learning, employing Kits, Conceitsand Paradoxes, showing rich imagination, artistic originality and perfect combinationof thoughts and feelings,,and against sentimental lyrics.That is the reason whymetaphysical poetry was revitalized in the20th century especially by such greatpoets as Elliott, Paz and Brodsky who regards it as the best of English poetry.Therefore,it is necessary for us to compare systematically Weijin metaphysicalpoetry with English metaphysical poetry, especially their theory, so as to analyze thehistory of poetry,and find the reason why intellectual poetry and lyrics appear andreach the peak,and then perish alternatively,It would shed light on the moderninterpretation of the theory of Chinese classical poetry and Chinese modern poetryand its theory, and finally pay the way for exchanging between Chinese and westernpoetry and theory.