意象是诗歌的主旨和灵魂,而修辞则是被运用来传达和表现意象,从而使得诗歌变得完美的主要手法。美国十九世纪著名的女诗人艾米莉.狄更森的诗歌就是以其意象美而著称。在狄更森的诗歌中,修辞手法的运用,特别是大量比喻的运用,不仅美化诗歌的意象,更提升了诗歌的意境。《我喜欢看它拍击许多英里》就是其中运用比喻性意象的典范。 Imagery is the theme and soul of poetry, while rhetoric is the main technique used to convey and express images so that poetry becomes perfect. Emily Dickinson, the famous American poet in the 19th century, is famous for her beauty of images. In Dickinson’s poetry, the use of rhetorical devices, especially the use of a large number of metaphors, not only beautifies the image of poetry, but also enhances the artistic conception of poetry. “I like to watch it slap a lot of miles” is an example of the use of metaphorical images.