玛雅·安杰洛(Maya Angelou)的《关于衰老》(On Aging)呼吁年轻人以理解和尊重对待老年人。出版于合集我依然奋起1978年，诗人50岁的时候，《论衰老》回击了人们对老年人孤独、可怜、无助的刻板印象。它用生硬的幽默纠正了这些假设，表达了说话人的独立性和活力。
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《论衰老》全文
《论衰老》全文
总结“衰老”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
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- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
“衰老”的主题
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
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老年的尊严
这个主题出现在诗中:- 行1 - 20
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
《论衰老》逐行解读与分析
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-position="1">行1 - 4
当你看到……
．.．倾听自己。 - 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-position="2">行5 - 8
举行!停!不要……
．.．没有它! - 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-position="3">行9 - 12
当我的骨头…
．.．没有摇椅。 - 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-position="4">13 - 16行
当你看到……
．.．再见不是消失了。 - 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-position="5">行日
我也一样……
．.．仍在呼吸。
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
“老龄”符号
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
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的摇椅
这个符号出现在诗中:- 12行:“不要给我带摇椅。”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Symbol" data-position="2" data-title="Breath">
呼吸
这个符号出现在诗中:- 19行:“肺越来越少，风也越来越少。”
- 第20行:“但我还能呼吸，真是太幸运了。”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
《论衰老》诗歌手法与具象语言
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Poetic Device" data-position="1" data-title="Anaphora">搞笑
在诗中出现回指的地方:- 1号线:“当”
- 第3行:“不要”
- 第5行:“持有!停!”
- 第6行:“持有!停止”
- 第9行:“当”
- 12行:“不要”
- 13号线:“当”
- 第14行:“不要”
- 18行:"少一点" "少一点"
- 19行:“少了很多”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Poetic Device" data-position="3" data-title="Simile">比喻
在诗中出现明喻的地方:- 行1 - 2:“当你看到我静静地坐着，/就像搁在架子上的一个麻袋，”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Poetic Device" data-position="4" data-title="Apostrophe">撇号
撇号出现在诗中:- 1号线:“当你看到我静静地坐着，”
- 第3行:“别以为我需要你的唠叨。”
- 行5 - 7:“持有!停!不要怜悯我!/保存!停止你的同情!/明白了就理解。”
- 12行:“不要给我带摇椅。”
- 13 - 14日:“当你看到我走路，跌跌撞撞，/不要学习，把它错了。”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Poetic Device" data-position="5" data-title="Alliteration">头韵
头韵出现在诗中:- 1号线:“看,”“坐”
- 第2行:“袋”
- 第5行:“停止”
- 第6行:“停止”、“同情”
- 13号线:“跌倒”
- 第14行:“研究”
- 16行:“再见,”“消失了”
- 18行:"少一点" "少一点"
- 19行:"更少的肺" "更少"
- 第20行:“幸运”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Poetic Device" data-position="6" data-title="Consonance">和音
和声出现在诗中:- 1号线:“看到”、“坐”、“安静”
- 第2行:“就像”、“袋”、“左”
- 第4行:“听”、“自己”
- 第5行:“持有!停!不遗憾”
- 第6行:“持有!停止”、“同情”
- 第7行:“理解”、“明白了”
- 第8行:“没有它”
- 第9行:“硬”
- 10行:“脚”、“楼梯”
- 11行:“帮忙”
- 13号线:“跌倒”
- 第14行:“别研究”
- 16行:“再见,”“消失了”
- 18行:"少一点" "少一点"
- 19行:"更少的肺" "更少"
- 第20行:“幸运”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Poetic Device" data-position="7" data-title="End-Stopped Line">线的端点
诗中出现了这样一行:- 1号线:“安静,”
- 第2行:“架子”,
- 第3行:“抖振”。
- 第4行:“我自己。”
- 第5行:“我!”
- 第6行:“同情!”
- 第7行:“这,”
- 第8行:“这!”
- 第9行:“痛。”
- 10行:“楼梯”,
- 11行:“帮忙:“
- 12行:“椅子”。
- 13号线:“跌跌撞撞”,
- 第14行:“错了。”
- 15行:“azy”
- 16行:“走了。”
- 第17行:“那么,”
- 18行:“下巴”,
- 19行:“风”。
- 第20行:“在。”
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
“老龄”词汇
选择下面任何一个词，在诗的上下文中得到它的定义。这些词是按它们在诗中出现的顺序列出的。
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-position="1" data-title="Chattering">喋喋不休 - 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-position="2" data-title="Understanding">理解 - 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-position="3" data-title="Study">研究
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-itemized data-modal-title="Vocabulary" data-position="1" data-title="Chattering">(位置在诗:第3行:“别以为我需要你的唠叨。”)
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
《论衰老》的曲式、格律、韵脚
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Form">形式
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false">计
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false" data-modal-title="Rhyme Scheme">押韵格式
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
“老龄”演讲者
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
" data-highlight-when-focused="false">
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
“老龄”设置
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
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- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
新利18网址《论衰老》的文学历史语境
- 1When you see me sitting quietly,
2Like a sack left on the shelf,
3Don’t think I need your chattering.
4I’m listening to myself.
5Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
6Hold! Stop your sympathy!
7Understanding if you got it,
8Otherwise I’ll do without it!
9When my bones are stiff and aching,
10And my feet won’t climb the stair,
11I will only ask one favor:
12Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
13When you see me walking, stumbling,
14Don’t study and get it wrong.
15‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
16And every goodbye ain’t gone.
17I’m the same person I was back then,
18A little less hair, a little less chin,
19A lot less lungs and much less wind.
20But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.
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更多“老龄化”资源
外部资源
安杰洛专访-阅读一篇对Angelou的采访，她回顾了自己不平凡的一生。
诗的表演-观看演员菲利西亚·拉沙德和亚历山大·韦尔斯的《衰老》表演。
《诗人谈衰老-看安杰洛和奥普拉·温弗瑞谈论变老的经历。
更多关于Angelou的生活和工作-在美国诗人学会(Academy of American Poets)查看Angelou的个人简介和她的诗选。
《诗人传-阅读诗歌基金会对Angelou的生活和事业的总结。
《其他诗歌的LitCharts》作者:Maya Angelou
