莎士比亚的一首十四行诗第一句话：whenfortywintersshallbesiegethybrow其中的fortywinters为什么是四十个冬天,有什么典故或特殊的含义吗?顺便对这首诗赏析一下,

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莎士比亚的一首十四行诗第一句话：when forty winters shall besiege thy brow 其中的forty winters 为什么是四十个冬天,有什么典故或特殊的含义吗?顺便对这首诗赏析一下,

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这首诗其实是感叹生命和时间的,过了四十个冬天,也就是过了四十年,至于为啥是冬天,因为冬天是白色的,诗里说besiege thy brow就是说眉眼之间已有苍老的迹象.
整首诗的前半段：
"When forty winters shall beseige thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now,
Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:
Then being ask'd where all thy beauty lies,
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days,
To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes,
Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise."
是主要感叹曾经的美貌现在已经消失,曾经浪费了的美好日子现在才知道后悔.
整首诗下半段：
“How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use,
If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count and make my old excuse,'
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
This were to be new made when thou art old,
And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.”
主要感叹如果当年珍惜青春不浪费那么多年华,如果当年能留下一个后代,能够让他骄傲地说：“这个孩子将延续我的生命继承我的美.” 该多好
所以这整首诗是感叹生命短暂,人应当珍惜青春