作为人类情感表达的艺术形式,诗歌的语言清新含蓄,深受人们喜爱。英文诗歌是英语民族的文化瑰宝,具有其独特的感染力。意象是诗人情感表达的最佳载体,意象的建构在诗歌创作和鉴赏过程中发挥着极为重要的作用。从认知语言学的角度分析,英文诗歌的意象主要是通过其象似性表征进行建构的,意象的象似性表征又可以分为顺序象似性、对称象似性以及隐喻象似性。 As an art form of human emotion expression, the language of poetry is fresh and subtle, and deeply loved by people. English poetry is a cultural treasure of the English nation, with its unique appeal. Imagery is the best carrier of the poet’s emotional expression. The construction of image plays an extremely important role in the poetry creation and appreciation process. From the perspective of cognitive linguistics, the image of English poetry is mainly constructed through its iconic representation, and the iconic representation of images can be divided into sequential iconicity, symmetrical iconicity and metaphorical iconicity.