Abstract:   

Poetry is the crystallization of language and it is a most ancient form of literature. People always use it to convey their internal feelings. So the emotion of poetry comes from a poet’s real feelings for outward things. Thus poetry is a common way for poets to express their ideas and feelings. Besides these, poetry can show a vivid and real picture of people’s living at that time. This essay is mainly made of several aspects. In it, readers can know a poet’s opinions and can be deeply impressed by the unique style of the poet’s works and the language features of poetry through introducing Philip Freneau, describing historical background and the analysis or comparison of his two best lyrics that are “The Wild Honey Suckle” on mortality and “The Indian Burying Ground” on the imagined afterlife. Meanwhile, readers will enjoy poems better with grasping feelings of the poet and his poetry reflecting the social background at that time.

Keywords: Philip Freneau; analysis and comparison; language features; feelings and opinions

摘  要：

诗歌是语言的结晶，是一种最古老的文学形式，人们一直用它来表达内心的情感。诗歌的情感来自于诗人对外界事物所产生的内心情感，从而诗歌是诗人内心真实情感的流露。除此以外，诗歌也是当时社会人们生活的真实写照。本文通过对诗人的介绍，历史背景及其两首诗歌的解析，最后通过两首诗歌的比较，让读者深刻了解到诗人的写作风格和诗歌的语言特色及诗人的观点。同时让读者更好把握诗人的感情，了解了当时的社会背景。

关键词：菲利普•弗伦诺;解析;比较;语言特色;诗人情感

1 Introduction to Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
1.1. Historical background
In the second half of the 18th century, the thirteen North American colonies got rid of the British Empire and created the United States of America. That is the famous American Revolution. And the American civil war is part of it. The American Civil War (1861–1865), broke out among the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared that they would be separated from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy).