MÁSTER DE TRADUCCIÓN LITERARIA – UCM

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ACTIVITIES
Individual assignment 3
Assignment 3: Translate the following excerpt from the
poem “The Cloud”, by P. B. Shelley. Pay special attention
to the following elements:

1. Structure and form

2. Metre
3. Rhyme (end, internal, imperfect) and rhyme scheme
4. Sound and rhythm
5. Subject: what is the poem about
6. Speaker: who narrates the story?
7. Figurative language: alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor…
8. Theme: love, nature, politics…
9. Tone and mode: attitude
10. Syntax

[Context and analysis:

https://poemanalysis.com/percy-bysshe-shelley/the-cloud/
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/shelleys-poems/summary-and-analysis/the-
cloud
VIDEO: https://study.com/learn/lesson/the-cloud-percy-bysshe-shelley-poem.html]

Prof. Dr. Jorge Braga Riera

 MÁSTER DE TRADUCCIÓN LITERARIA – UCM
Taller de traducción: textos líricos

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, [11]

From the seas and the streams; [6]
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid [9]
In their noonday dreams. [5]
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken [11]
The sweet buds every one, [6]
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, [9]
As she dances about the sun. [8]
I wield the flail of the lashing hail, [9]
And whiten the green plains under, [8]
And then again I dissolve it in rain, [9]
And laugh as I pass in thunder. [8]

Traigo duchas frescas a las flores secas

Desde mares y rías
Porto sombra ligera a las hojas en primavera
En sus sueños de mediodía
En mis alas se agita el rocío y palpita
Cada brote dulce
Mecido sereno, de su madre en el seno
Que bailando al sol se luce
El mayal porto de granizo, y corto
Tiñendo de blanco las praderas abajo
Y en lluvia de nuevo todo lo disuelvo
Y me rio cuando en tormenta me descuajo

Prof. Dr. Jorge Braga Riera