愛蜜麗‧狄更森（Emily Dickinson）終其一生住在美國麻省的一個鄉村裡，她本是一個活潑外向的女孩，但30歲起開始隱居，從足不出戶甚至連房門都不出。 然而，她對世界的觀察和心境上的思考與描寫，並不亞於任何創作者，大量的譬喻轉換，都很精巧。

狄更森的詩多為基督教聖詩體裁寫法：四行為一段落，搭配押韻。另一大特色，是她都沒有題詩名，後人皆以她第一行詩句作為詩名。本集選的三首詩：〈There is no Frigate like a Book〉、〈I never saw a Moor〉、〈The Brain – is wider than the Sky〉，不僅能看見清楚的聖詩輪廓，也能讀到狄更森在譬喻上的延伸、聯想與用字遣詞。

本集重點：

00:28 簡介愛蜜麗‧狄更森，隱居的人、謎樣的文字

03:09〈There is no Frigate like a Book〉：兩個譬喻談書的寬廣

08:21〈I never saw a Moor〉：談想像力，高低韻尾設計

11:23〈The Brain – is wider than the Sky〉：狄更森如何看待腦與享思考和想像？

延伸閱聽：

There is no Frigate like a Book  

There is no Frigate like a Book

To take us Lands away

Nor any Coursers like a Page

Of prancing Poetry –

This Traverse may the poorest take

Without oppress of Toll –

How frugal is the Chariot

That bears the Human Soul –

I never saw a moor –

I never saw a Moor —

I never saw the Sea —

Yet know I how the Heather looks

And what a Billow be.

I never spoke with God

Nor visited in Heaven —

Yet certain am I of the spot

As if the Checks were given —

The Brain – is wider than the Sky –

The Brain – is wider than the Sky –

For – put them side by side –

The one the other will contain

With ease – and you – beside –

The Brain is deeper than the sea –

For - hold them - Blue to Blue –

The one the other will absorb –

As sponges – Buckets – do –

The Brain is just the weight of God –

For - Heft them - Pound for Pound –

And they will differ – if they do –

As Syllable from Sound –

【本集節目是由《鏡好聽》製作播出的《漫談英文詩》】

製作人：程遠茜 /錄音師：劉寶苓

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