Interpretation of the Poem‘Pale Fire'in Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire

摘要

With its uttermost innovate form and its puzzle content, Pale Fire has sustained Nabokov the most intensive scholarly attention ever since its publication. Despite a great deal of criticism on the novel Pale Fire the poem Pale Fire within it has been neglected. This essay commits to analyze this poem from four perspectives, namely its symmetrical structure, the counterpoint of the poem, its parody and intertextuality and its meta-poetic element. By doing the detailed examination this essay proves that this 999 line poem embodies the significant themes of this novel, which are the counterpoint and"a Web of Sense".