Nonet:斯宾塞体（九行诗） It is a nine-line stanza, which has one notable form-----

 the Spenserian stanza, ( a nine-line stanza, rhyming ababbcbcc, named for its

originator, Edmund Spenser.)

英文九行诗又称斯宾塞体，是因斯宾塞用该体创作了其长诗《仙后》。

A Spencerian stanza is one that consists of eight five-foot iambic lines, followed by an iambic line of six

feet, rhyming ababbcbcc. It is so named because it was Spencer that first used this form in his

masterpiece The Faerie Queene.

Edmund Spencer (1552-1599) is the author of Faerie Queene, creator of the Spenserian stanza and

one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance period in England. His poetry usually enjoys five qualities:

1) a perfect melody; 2）a rare sense of beauty; 3) a splendid imagination; 4) a lofty moral purity and

 seriousness; and 5) a dedicated idealism. It is just his idealism, his love of beauty, and his exquisite

 melody that     make him known as “the poet’s poet”.

     斯宾赛的代表作，长诗《仙后》由九行诗节组成，其韵式为abab bcbcc。前八个诗行为抑扬

格五音步，结尾一行则为抑扬格六音步。这种诗体后被称为斯宾赛体。

   爱德蒙·斯宾赛（1552-1599 BC）在英国文艺复兴时期文学中占有重要位置。他的诗音律和谐优美，

   想象瑰丽多采，语言字字珠玑，充满着理想主义色彩，表现出了崇高的道德追求。正是因为他的诗作

   具有如上特色，人们称其为“诗人中的诗人”。

            

 As once I wept, if I could weep,   [a]     我能哭时还要痛哭，

     My ears might well be shed,        [b]     抱恨终身泪落如雨，

     To think I was not near to keep    [a]     想到了我没有能够，

     One vigil o’er thy bed;           [b]     在你床前作过守护，

     To gaze, how fondly! On thy face,  [c]     凝神观望你的娇脸，

     To fold thee in a faint embrace,   [c]     轻轻轻轻把你抱着，

     Uphold thy drooping head;          [b]     扶起你垂下的头颅，

     And show that love, however vain,  [d]     表一表无益的爱情，

     Nor thou nor I can feel again,     [d]     你我都不再能感触。

                         ----Byron                          ---拜伦

                                                         （石瓃 译）