e the best illustration of it all. The voyage itself isa metaphor for “ search and discovery, the search for the ultimate truth of experience. ” He had Ahab topmost in his mind. Ina sense Ahab embodies all of the evil he once consigned to Moby Dick . 9、 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 亨利. 沃兹沃思. 朗费罗 poet 诗人① it would be hard, also, to overestimate the importance of his anthology “ The Poets and Poetry of Europe ”. His own poetry became a means of teaching readers of his day something of the possible range of poetic subject matter and techniques, ancient, medieval, and modern. 《欧洲诗人及诗》不能把这部作品估计过高。他自己的诗歌成为了他教学的材料, 在书中他讲述了诗的主题和一些写作技巧。从古代的, 中世纪的一直到现代的诗歌, 他都一一作了阐述。②殊荣: he became the only American to be honored with a bust in the Poet ’s corner of Westminster Abbey. 朗费罗被安葬在威斯敏斯特教堂的诗人之角,他也是美国惟一获此殊荣的诗人。