【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

【活動說明】
欣賞了詩歌之後，歡迎大家在跟帖裏對詩歌進行點評，分享讀後感。本活動主要是為大家提供一個閱讀英文詩歌的窗口，以賞詩為主，不要求寫詩。如果大家偶爾靈感閃現，有感而發地想要寫寫詩的話，大家可以嚐試用相同的或者相關的詩歌標題，寫出不一樣的英文詩，在賞詩寫詩的過程中自娛自樂。寫出來的英文詩如果願意分享的話，歡迎以主帖或者跟帖的方式分享。謝謝大家的關注和支持！

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

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• Happy Tuesday! 歡迎大家在跟帖裏對詩歌進行點評，分享讀後感。 -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的詩歌分析放在這裏，供大家參考，和大家一起學習，詳見裏麵： -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評得好！詩更是寫得好！人言可畏的。謝謝小西的分享！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:00:50

• 謝謝冬夏分享讀後感。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:19:30

• 英文也有“小人”little people？水滴石穿。中英文真是有異曲同工之妙～ -妖妖靈- ♀ (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 -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 10:37:04

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

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

• Maybe the poem was her way to get it out of mind? ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (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

• 寫詩，讀詩是一種作者和讀者進行心靈交流的方式。如果Amy Lowell不寫的話，我們就看不到這首名詩了 ：） -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 11:32:22

• Yes, the poem can help others read her mind，對世人有啟迪和警示的作用。 -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

• 請Go兄參見我在上麵提供的由ChatGPT和Allpoetry所作的詩歌分析，會有助於理解。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:13:13

• 我有些好奇，如果ChatGPT不知道已有的解讀，它會怎麽理解這首詩呢？這是無法回答的問題了。 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:27:48

• 哈哈，好問題，ChatGPT很聰明，它很好地解讀了我的那首小詩《The Fish Who Can Think》，見上麵。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 12:32:50

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

• That's right. 謝謝蟲蟲分享讀後感。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 21:14:10

• 謝謝小西的分享！這首Aliens似乎是為了表達她作為人群中的異類，一種孤獨隔離的感受。 -小魚無雙- ♀ (1530 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 17:36:55

• 同感，謝謝小魚兒好分享。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2024 postreply 21:20:56