La reina de las hadas: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I
Las 40 palabras que Edmund Spenser repite una y otra vez en «La reina de las hadas» y que no están entre las 4.000 más comunes del inglés. Apréndelas antes y los primeros capítulos se leerán mucho mejor. Cada una lleva su pronunciación, su traducción y una frase del libro.
knight/ˈnaɪt/caballero, caballera, équite223 veces en el libro
… justice, and energy shown by his countrymen were aptly portrayed under the allegory of a mighty spiritual warfare of the knights of old against the power of evil.
doth/ˈdɔθ/hace86 veces en el libro
"In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare."
unto/ˈəntu/a, hacia, hasta69 veces en el libro
But forth unto the darksome hole he went,
hart/ˈhɑɹt/corazón65 veces en el libro
That glorious fire it kindled in his hart,
shield/ˈʃiɫd/escudo, chimal62 veces en el libro
Upon his shield the like was also scor'd,
thou/ˈðaʊ/tú58 veces en el libro
Yet, till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne,
wight/ˈwaɪt/ente45 veces en el libro
That everie wight to shrowd it did constrain,
goodly/ˈɡʊdɫi/hermoso45 veces en el libro
Was nigh beguiled with so goodly sight:
thee/ˈði/te, ti44 veces en el libro
To thee that art the sommers Nightingale,
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/gracia, donaire39 veces en el libro
The grace and dignity of his bearing was enhanced by a face of tender and thoughtful expression in which warmth of feeling was subdued by the informing spirit of refinement, truthfulness …
dread/ˈdɹɛd/miedo, temor, horror37 veces en el libro
And thou most dreaded impe of highest Jove,°
sore/ˈsɔɹ/dolorido35 veces en el libro
His Lady sad to see his sore constraint,
beast/ˈbist/bestia, animal35 veces en el libro
As her slow beast could make; but all in vaine:
heavenly/ˈhɛvənɫi/celestial, celeste, célico34 veces en el libro
And with them eke, O Goddesse heavenly bright,°
nigh/ˈnaɪ/cerca, cabe33 veces en el libro
"Renownèd Spenser, lie a thought more nigh
noughtnada33 veces en el libro
Who nought aghast his mightie hand enhaunst:
allegory/ˈæɫəˌɡɔɹi/alegoría33 veces en el libro
First among the poetic geniuses of the Elizabethan period came Edmund Spenser with his Faerie Queene, the allegory of an ideal chivalry.
wondrous/ˈwəndɹəs/maravilloso32 veces en el libro
He is enamoured of Gloriana, having seen her in a wondrous vision, and is represented as journeying in quest of her.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite, delicia, gozo31 veces en el libro
Add to this intense delight in life, with all its mystery …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/enconado, fiero29 veces en el libro
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/noble28 veces en el libro
The whole land was saturated with an unexpressed poetry, and the imagination of young and old was so fired with patriotism and noble endeavor that nothing seemed impossible.
feeble/ˈfibəɫ/débil, endeble, feble27 veces en el libro
Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne,
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/pesar, pena, acíbar27 veces en el libro
But beeing unable to performe it by reason of the hard Enchauntments, after long sorrow, in the end met with Britomartis, who succoured him, and reskewed his love.
virgin/ˈvɝdʒɪn/virgen, doncel, doncella24 veces en el libro
Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/acostumbrado, avezado, habituado23 veces en el libro
Ay wont in desert darknesse to remaine,
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/contemplar, observar, mirar23 veces en el libro
Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/espada, tizona23 veces en el libro
Much of the machinery and properties used in carrying on the story, such as speaking myrtles, magic mirrors, swords, rings, impenetrable armor, and healing fountains, is supernatural.
stanza/ˈstænzə/estrofa, estanza22 veces en el libro
If we include within the sphere of Spenser's influence also those who have made use of the stanza which he invented, we must add the names of Burns …
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/caracterizado por o que siente profunda aflicción o angustia22 veces en el libro
Die is my dew; yet rew my wretched state
dwell/ˈdwɛɫ/habitar, morar22 veces en el libro
But if of daunger which hereby doth dwell,
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir22 veces en el libro
And their greene leaves trembling with every blast,
earthly/ˈɝθɫi/terrenal21 veces en el libro
The first two Hymns are early poems, and the two latter maturer work embodying Petrarch's philosophy, which teaches that earthly love is a ladder that leads men to the love of God.
wicked/ˈwɪkəd/malvado, avieso21 veces en el libro
That soone to loose her wicked bands did her constraine.
mighty/ˈmaɪti/poderoso21 veces en el libro
The mighty impulse of this New Learning culminated during the reign of the Virgin Queen in a profound quickening of the national consciousness, and in arousing an intense curiosity to know and to imitate the rich treasures of the classics and romance.
hight/ˈhaɪt/llamarse20 veces en el libro
The false Duessa, now Fidessa hight,
plight/ˈpɫaɪt/aprieto, atrenzo, calvario20 veces en el libro
In this sad plight, friendlesse, unfortunate,
thence/ˈðɛns/desde ahí19 veces en el libro
… had bene by an huge dragon many yeers shut up in a brazen Castle, who thence suffered them not to issew: and therefore besought the Faery Queene to assigne her some one of her knights to take on him that exployt.
stout/ˈstaʊt/fornido, robusto, vigoroso19 veces en el libro
The Champion stout
dragon/ˈdɹæɡən/dragón, guiverno19 veces en el libro
All the characters—the knights, ladies, dwarfs, magicians, dragons, nymphs, satyrs, and giants—are the conventional figures of pastoral romance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que19 veces en el libro
To this criticism, Mr. Saintsbury remarks: "Not, perhaps, till the Orlando has been carefully read, and read in the original, is Spenser's real greatness understood.
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