Cognitive poetics is a emerging subject combine with cognitive linguistics and literary appreciation. The study of cognitive poetics aims to explain the process of reading and the generative process of meaning of the text. Translation studies can apply theory and method of cognitive poetics to translation and criticism of the text, explaining acceptance process of the translation works, and expanding the horizon for the comparative study of the translation. This paper takes the seven English versions of 'quiet thoughts' as examples, and uses the graphic background theory and method of cognitive poetics to interpret the translations. The research shows that the difference between the graphic and background of different translations and the original poems reflects the unique cognitive process in the process of translation.