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求推荐：关于 【树】 的英文诗

希望是著名的，英文古诗也好
至少要有作者和诗的介绍，和诗的译文。谢谢
trees by Joyce Kilmer，求关于这首诗的分析，包括poetic/literary elements的分析，谢谢
好的加分！

Answer 1

Willow and Gingko By Eve Merriam

The willow is like an etching,
Fine-lined against the sky.
Then ginkgo is like a crude sketch,
Hardly worthy to be signed.
The willow’s music is like a soprano,
Delicate and thin.
The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus
With everyone joining in.
The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf,
The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.
The willow’s branches are like silken thread;
The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.

The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;
Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.
The willow dips to the water,
Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.

The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;
Like a city child, it grows up in the street.
Thrust against the metal sky,
Somehow it survives and even thrives.
My eyes feast upon the willow,
But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

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能不能给个中文翻译？

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柳树与银杏树 Eve Merriam

作者在这首诗里比了杨柳与银杏的区别。

第一部分： 讲的是杨柳的外表有多好看，但是银杏却很难看。
第二部分：讲的是风吹杨柳的声音有多好听，但是银杏吹了声音却很杂。
第三部分：讲的是杨柳的树杆很细，但是银杏的树杆却很粗。
最后一部分：杨柳像公主，受到父王（人）的喜爱，但是银杏像野孩子一样，再硬的瓷砖也能生长。
杨柳耐看，但是银杏却给了我心理上的安慰。