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Theunknowncitizen(一篇短诗POEM)有2个问题不懂!THEUNKNOWNCITIZEN(ThisMarbleMonumentIsErectedbytheState)HewasfoundbytheBureauofStatisticstobeOneagainstwhomtherewasnoofficialcomplaint,Andallthereportsonhiscon
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Theunknowncitizen(一篇短诗POEM)有2个问题不懂!

THEUNKNOWNCITIZEN

(ThisMarbleMonumentIsErectedbytheState)

HewasfoundbytheBureauofStatisticstobe

Oneagainstwhomtherewasnoofficialcomplaint,

Andallthereportsonhisconductagree

That,inthemodernsenseofanold-fashionedword,hewasasaint,

ForineverythinghedidheservedtheGreaterCommunity.

ExceptfortheWartillthedayheretired

Heworkedinafactoryandnevergotfired,

Butsatisfiedhisemployers,FudgeMotorsInc.

Yethewasn'tascaboroddinhisviews,

ForhisUnionreportsthathepaidhisdues,

(OurreportonhisUnionshowsitwassound)

AndourSocialPsychologyworkersfound

Thathewaspopularwithhismatesandlikedadrink.

ThePressareconvincedthatheboughtapapereveryday

Andthathisreactionstoadvertisementswerenormalineveryway.

Policiestakenoutinhisnameprovethathewasfullyinsured,

AndhisHealth-cardshowshewasonceinhospitalbutleftitcured.

BothProducersResearchandHigh-GradeLivingdeclare

HewasfullysensibletotheadvantagesoftheInstallmentPlan

AndhadeverythingnecessarytotheModernMan,

Aphonograph,aradio,acarandafrigidaire.

OurresearchersintoPublicOpinionarecontent

Thatheheldtheproperopinionsforthetimeofyear;

Whentherewaspeace,hewasforpeace;whentherewaswar,hewent.

Hewasmarriedandaddedfivechildrentothepopulation,

WhichourEugenistsayswastherightnumberforaparentofhisgeneration.

Andourteachersreportthatheneverinterferedwiththeireducation.

Washefree?Washehappy?Thequestionisabsurd:

Hadanythingbeenwrong,weshouldcertainlyhaveheard.

W.H.Auden(1907-1973)

1.Whatwouldyousayisthe'modernsense'ofsainthood(line4)?

2.Whyarethequestionsinline28'absurd'?

3.Inwhatsenseisthecitizen'unknown'?

会的人能帮我回答吗?

如果第二题也能解释回答一下就好了.

罗艳萍回答:
  诗本身不难读,但是蕴含的深刻道理我就理解的不是很透了.试回答如下.   1.   Themodernsenseofsainthoodisthatonedideverythingtoservethegreatercommunityexceptforthewar.   2.   Thequestionisabsurdbecausetheanswerisobvious.Ofcoursehewashappyandfree,asweshouldcertainlyhaveheardiftherehadbeenanythingwrong.   3.   Thecitizenisunknownsinceheisonlyasimplepersonlivingsimplylikeothersinthesociety.Heisnotfamous,neitherdidhewinanyoutstandingfames.Hejuststandsofthegroupofpeoplealikeintheworld.
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