The mind's eye aches from Henry James,
Like arms from heavy cases lugged for miles.
Theme and structure, imagery and tone
心乏亨利詹姆斯
如负重物行多时
主题结构费心思
From Lawrence, too; how hard I dug
For insights sunk, yards deep, in turgid prose.
Theme and structure, imagery and tone
努力研习劳伦斯
大话连篇藏真旨
主题结构费心思
Web of necessity in Daniel Deronda
Gloom in Dorrit, gloom in Flaubert,
One more week to go at
Theme and structure, imagery and tone.
宿命理论艾略特
狄更福楼阴暗多
还有一周放假了
主题结构搞死我
So fitful-fresh as April sun.
You're welcome, clown;
Your good melodic dissonance
Will pierce low clouds of syllabus
With humour's grace,
Mercy of irreverence.
