Abstract:There are numerous methods and unique perspectives to appreciate a poem. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a romantic poet of American in the nineteenth century. His “A psalm of Life” was called “the heart beat of America”. The paper analyses this poem. The thesis writer analyses the beauty of poem from four aspects: the beauty of structure, the beauty of depiction, the beauty of rhetoric and the beauty of spirit. Through analyzing, we know that Longfellow’s writing skills are very typical and the poem reveals the beauty of writing to its full length. The thesis writer hopes this paper will be useful to poetry-lovers to promote their understanding of this poem, and people can learn some skills of appreciation. It is hoped that this paper can help people appreciate this and other similar poems in the future.

Key words: Longfellow; “A Psalm of Life”; beauty; appreciation

中文摘要:诗歌鉴赏的方法很多，角度也不一而同。亨利·华兹华斯·朗费罗是十九世纪美国著名的浪漫主义诗人，《人生颂》是其最广为流传的诗篇之一，曾被誉为“美国心脏的跳动”。本文就朗费罗的名篇《人生颂》进行解读，着重从严谨的结构美，独特的叙述美，恰当的修辞美和奋进的精神美四个方面逐一对诗的美感进行了分析，分析显示，朗费罗的写作正是美的化身的最好诠释且他的写作技巧具有典型性。通过分析，作者希望广大的文学爱好者能够更深刻的理解该诗并学会欣赏诗作的一些技巧，以期对人们今后赏析同类作品有所帮助。

关键词：朗费罗; 人生颂; 美感; 赏析