The Subjective Metaphor of Image in the Translation of “On the Flowery Tower in the Town of Silk”

Abstract

Image metaphor comprehends and expresses the known or unknown world in a holistic, comprehensive and emotional way, and has multiple connotations such as the original concrete image, cognitive intermediary and ontological meaning. The subjective metaphor of poetry is expressed by poetic feelings and views with typical intentions. The subjective metaphor of the subjective image can be used as the guiding ideology of the poet's own creation. It often "uses an image to express feelings and ideas." Ideas are nurtured in the heart and become pearls. Imagery is just like these pearls, which are transformed from the ideas in the poet's heart. Li Bai, a poet of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, his poems are separated by more than a century, and he wrote the famous poem "On the Flowery Tower in the Town of Silk" from the inspiration of poetry creation and with emotion in the scenery. This paper takes Li Bai's poem "On the Flowery Tower in the Town of Silk" as an example to analyze the subjective metaphor of its typical images. Through case analysis and comparative analysis, this paper analyzes the versions of Xu Yuanchong and Alley, trying to explain the rationality of the typical images in the two versions.