信手梳理一下十六、十七世纪英国的诗歌,在浩繁的卷帙之中我们不难发现这一历史时期诗作的主题呈现出的最大特点之一就是强调及时行乐(Carpe Diem)。从斯宾赛、赫里克到马韦尔,他们在创作中都或多或少地选用了西方诗歌中“及时行乐”的主题。在这类诗歌中,诗人往往语气迫切,强调时光飞逝,人生短暂,劝人及时相爱行乐。过去我国文学批评界对这一文学现象研究不够,要么对它视而不见置之不 The foreigners sort out the British poems of the 16th and 17th centuries. Among the numerous curiosities, one of the most prominent features of the theme of this historical period is the emphasis on Carpe Diem. From Spencer, Herrick to Marvel, they all used more or less the theme of “pop music” in Western poetry. In such poems, poets tend to tone urgently, emphasizing the passage of time, short life, advised people to love each other in good time. In the past, literary critic circles in our country did not study enough about this literary phenomenon or ignored it