With this first poem treating the subject of the nativity of Christ, Milton is able implicitly to announce something like his own nativity as a poet.

因为它的主题是基督诞生，弥尔顿能够含蓄的宣告一些东西,比如他作为一个诗人从此诞生了。

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With the scene of the flight of the pagan gods at the nativity of Christ Milton is also depicting a scenario that, I think, on some level he's hoping will occur within himself.

在《圣诞清晨歌》中有一个无宗教信仰的人逃跑的画面,我认为弥尔顿同时也在描绘一个剧情，某种程度上他希望这样的事情也会发生在自己身上。

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We sort out the similar confusion of gender roles, which is truly remarkable, as we balance the masculine Christ with the feminine Truth with which the masculine Christ is identified here.

我们挑出了性别角色的困惑，这确实很值得注意，我们用女性真理来平衡男性基督,所以基督的男性在这里被认同。

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With the ascent of Christ, the lovely form of the virgin Truth is hewed into a thousand pieces and scattered to the four winds.

随着基督的上升，纯洁的真理的可爱形象,被劈成一千片然后扔进四阵风里。

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His contemporaries are doing a kind of thing with their representation of the birth of Christ that Milton seems carefully to have avoided.

他的同龄人都在描述基督的诞生,而这正是弥尔顿极力避免的。

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