经典英美诗歌与韵律

1、西方经典文学名著阅读西方经典文学名著阅读诗歌篇诗歌篇OutlineAn Introduction1) What is poetry? 2) Basic elements in the understanding of poetry. Key Poems and key terms to be discussed 1)The Eagle and musicality 2)A Valediction, Forbidden Mourning and imagery 3)In a Station of the Metro and oriental art 4)Song of My Self and I

2、ndividualism and Nationalism5)I Could not Stop for Death and the theme of death Introduction: What is poetry？ Painting is silent poetry and poetry is a speaking picture. Poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings and it takes its origin in meditation in tranquility. (William Wordsworth)A gr

3、eat poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight. (Percy Shelley)Prose is words in the best order; poetry is the best words in the best order. (Samuel Coleridge) A poem is to cultivate an image. An image is an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.

4、（Ezra Pound)诗言志。诗者，志志之所之也。在心为志志，发言为诗。（诗经） Musicality, imageryLyric, sensationsContent, form Poetic language imagery thoughtBasic Elements of poetryflexibility in meter poetic form musicality (rhythm and rhyme to create certain music effect)emotion expression (either lyric or narrative) imagery poeti

5、c languagetheme: love, life, death, freedom, wisdom universality and resonance 诗歌应该具有丰沛的情感、灵活飞动的意象、精炼而浓缩的语言和富诗歌应该具有丰沛的情感、灵活飞动的意象、精炼而浓缩的语言和富于节奏的韵律于节奏的韵律,表达一种志趣。表达一种志趣。to delightto enlighten Selected poemsAlfred Tennyson: The EagleJohn Donne: A Valediction, Forbidden Mourning Ezra Pound: In a Station

6、of the Metro Musicality in The EagleHe clasps the crag with crooked hands,Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world, he stands.The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls,He watches from his mountain walls,And like a thunderbolt he falls.【注释】clasp：紧紧抓住。 crag：峭壁ringed with the azure world：

7、被蔚蓝色的世界所环绕。Question 1Read the following three lines and pay attention to the red letters.Whats the function of the repetition of consonant sound k use here? He clasps the crag with crooked hands,Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world, he stands.Alliteration to emphasize the str

8、ong hands of the eagleDid you find the sound k echoing in the second stanza?Question 2What is the rhyme scheme in the six lines? Whats the significance for this kind of rhyme design? He clasps the crag with crooked hands, Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world, he stands.The wr

9、inkled sea beneath him crawls, He watches from his mountain walls,And like a thunderbolt he falls.aaabbbto fold two sides of the eagle: static and dynamicFurther Questions1) What characters of the eagle does the poem present? 2) Why does the poet prefer “he” to “it” to name the eagle? 3) How do you

10、evaluate the image of the eagle, a mere animal or a metaphor? 4) Why is the word crawls employed to describe the sea? 名言摘录名言摘录Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all. -Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)The sound must be an echo to the sense. -Alexander Pope (1688-1744)名言摘录名言摘录

11、No man is an island, entire of itself,Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the manAny mans death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind,And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls,It tolls for thee. -by John Donne (1608-1674)In the Station of Metro and Oriental Art The apparition of these faces in a crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.Q 1: Do you think of the juxtaposition of face and petal? 人面桃花相映红人面桃花相映红一枝梨花春带雨一枝梨花春带雨豆蔻梢头二月初豆蔻梢头二月初古道西风廋马古道西风廋马，断肠人在天涯。-马致远：天净沙秋思 Further QuestionsQuestion 2：What feelings