Saying Good-bye To Cambridge Again (2)

'The golden willows by the riverside

Are young brides in the setting sun.'

The poet simile'the golden williws' to 'young brides',set off the williws glorious and moving, 

let people associate with the movement of the willows cover a laver of sheen.A very sclience dynamic picture appear in our mind.

 

'In the gentle waves of Cambridge

I would be a water plant!'

Showing the poet is rekuctant to leave the Cambridge even want to incrnate a water plant,which can appreciate even fused together with the Cambridge.

 'Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight

And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.

But I cannot sing aloud

Quietness is my farewell music'
Expressing the poet does not want to leave here extremely even want to sing a song loudly but the poet cannot sing because the deeply appreciate.


'Very quietly I take my leave

As quietly as I came here;

Gently I flick my sleeves

Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.'

The last words make the finishing point of the poem.