A Rainha das Fadas, Livro I: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I
As 40 palavras que Edmund Spenser repete muitas vezes em «A Rainha das Fadas, Livro I» e que ficam fora das 4 mil mais comuns do inglês. Aprenda antes e os primeiros capítulos ficam bem mais fáceis. Cada uma vem com a pronúncia, a tradução e uma frase do livro.
knight/ˈnaɪt/cavaleiro223 vezes no livro
… 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/faz86 vezes no livro
"In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare."
unto/ˈəntu/para69 vezes no livro
But forth unto the darksome hole he went,
hart/ˈhɑɹt/cervo65 vezes no livro
That glorious fire it kindled in his hart,
shield/ˈʃiɫd/escudo62 vezes no livro
Upon his shield the like was also scor'd,
thou/ˈðaʊ/tu, vós58 vezes no livro
Yet, till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne,
wight/ˈwaɪt/ente45 vezes no livro
That everie wight to shrowd it did constrain,
goodly/ˈɡʊdɫi/belo45 vezes no livro
Was nigh beguiled with so goodly sight:
thee/ˈði/ti, tu44 vezes no livro
To thee that art the sommers Nightingale,
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/graça39 vezes no livro
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/temor, terror37 vezes no livro
And thou most dreaded impe of highest Jove,°
sore/ˈsɔɹ/dolorido35 vezes no livro
His Lady sad to see his sore constraint,
beast/ˈbist/besta, fera35 vezes no livro
As her slow beast could make; but all in vaine:
heavenly/ˈhɛvənɫi/celeste, celestial34 vezes no livro
And with them eke, O Goddesse heavenly bright,°
nigh/ˈnaɪ/perto, próximo33 vezes no livro
"Renownèd Spenser, lie a thought more nigh
noughtnada33 vezes no livro
Who nought aghast his mightie hand enhaunst:
allegory/ˈæɫəˌɡɔɹi/parábola, alegoria33 vezes no livro
First among the poetic geniuses of the Elizabethan period came Edmund Spenser with his Faerie Queene, the allegory of an ideal chivalry.
wondrous/ˈwəndɹəs/maravilhoso32 vezes no livro
He is enamoured of Gloriana, having seen her in a wondrous vision, and is represented as journeying in quest of her.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite31 vezes no livro
Add to this intense delight in life, with all its mystery …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/feroz, ferrenho, impetuoso29 vezes no livro
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/nobre28 vezes no livro
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/fraco, debilitado27 vezes no livro
Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne,
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/tristeza, pesar, mágoa27 vezes no livro
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/virgem24 vezes no livro
Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/acostumado, apto23 vezes no livro
Ay wont in desert darknesse to remaine,
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/contemplar, ver23 vezes no livro
Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/espada, gládio23 vezes no livro
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/estrofe22 vezes no livro
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 ou que sente profunda aflição ou angústia22 vezes no livro
Die is my dew; yet rew my wretched state
dwell/ˈdwɛɫ/habitar, morar, viver22 vezes no livro
But if of daunger which hereby doth dwell,
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/tremer, agitar vigorosamente22 vezes no livro
And their greene leaves trembling with every blast,
earthly/ˈɝθɫi/terreno21 vezes no livro
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/mau, malvado, bárbaro21 vezes no livro
That soone to loose her wicked bands did her constraine.
mighty/ˈmaɪti/poderoso21 vezes no livro
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/chamar-se20 vezes no livro
The false Duessa, now Fidessa hight,
plight/ˈpɫaɪt/apuro, dificuldade20 vezes no livro
In this sad plight, friendlesse, unfortunate,
thence/ˈðɛns/daí, desde aí19 vezes no livro
… 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/robusto, vigoroso19 vezes no livro
The Champion stout
dragon/ˈdɹæɡən/dragão19 vezes no livro
All the characters—the knights, ladies, dwarfs, magicians, dragons, nymphs, satyrs, and giants—are the conventional figures of pastoral romance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até19 vezes no livro
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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