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Unit4ExploringpoetryWelcometotheunit

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Reading(I)Lead-inPoetryisanexpressionofone’swill.Whatiskeptintheheartisthewill,butwhenexpressedinwords,itispoetry.

—“PrefacetoTheBookofSongs”诗者，志之所之也。在心为志，发言为诗。ASpringMorning

ByMengHaoranThisspringmorninginbedI’mlying,Nottoawaketillbirdsarecrying.Afteronenightofwindandshowers,Howmanyarethefallenflowers!TranslatedbyXuYuanchongLead-inDreams

ByLangstonHughesHoldfasttodreamsForifdreamsdieLifeisabroken-wingedbirdThatcannotflyHoldfasttodreamsForwhendreamsgoLifeisabarrenfieldFrozenwithsnowLead-inHowdoyoulikethetwopoems?WelcometotheunitBothpoemsareverydescriptive.Ilikethefirstonebecauseitfocusesonthetopicofspringandclearlydescribesaspringmorninginawaythatiseasytounderstand.Thesecondoneisaboutdreamsandusessomeartistictechniques,suchasmetaphorandpersonification.Eventhoughitisalittlebitmoredifficulttounderstand,itisinterestingtoread.WelcometotheunitWhatotherpoemsorpoetsdoyouknowabout?DuFu:Hewrotepoemsaboutthebeautyofnatureandhisexperienceswhiletraveling.Hehadagreatgiftforlanguage.HemetLiBaionhistravelsandheadmiredthegreatpoetverymuch.Iknowhispoem“OnYueyangTower”,whichdescribeswhathesawandhowhefelthevisitedthegreattower.WelcometotheunitEmilyDickinson:AfamousAmericanpoet,shewrotepoemsthatarecreativeandencouragecarefulthought.Ilikeherpoem“‘Hope’IstheThingwithFeathers”，whichcomparedthefeelingofhopefulnessandexpectationtoabird.Whatotherpoemsorpoetsdoyouknowabout?Whydopeoplereadpoems?Poemscreatevividpicturesandtellstoriesbyusinglanguagecreatively.Readersenjoythechallengeoftryingtounderstandthepoet’sintentioninwritingahappeningduringthetimewhenitwaswritten.Readerscanlookatthepoem’sformandliterarydevicestoseewhatthepoetsaw.Byreadingitaloud,theycanfeeltherhythmsandrhymesofthepoemaswellasthepoet’semotions.Pre-readingmetaphorpersonificationliterarydevices:rhythm节奏rhyme押韵Pre-readingDreams

ByLangstonHughesHoldfasttodreamsForifdreamsdieLifeisabroken-wingedbirdThatcannotflyHoldfasttodreamsForwhendreamsgoLifeisabarrenfieldFrozenwithsnow(1)_______________GlobalReading:scanthelecturetranscriptandcompletethechartbelow.Poetry(2)_______________Followyourearsandask“(3)________________”Approachthepoemas(4)___________________________.Be(5)________________.Rememberthatitisnotnecessaryto(6)____________________________.SoundSenseHowdoesitsound?anexplorerinanunfamiliarlanscapepatientfullyunderstandapoemtoappreciateitHowispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?2.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?3.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Howispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?Morethanothertypesofliterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?Theaspectofrhythm,repeatedwords,rhymesandotherspecialeffects.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?Firstly,thewords“Windofthewesternsea”arerepeated.Secondly,thereareseveralrhymingwords:“low”rhymingwith“blow”and“go”,“sea”rhymingwith“me”.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Alfred,LordTennyson(1809–1892)MorethananyotherVictorian-erawriter,Tennysonhasseemedtherepresentativeofhisage.Inhisowndayhewassaidtobe—withQueenVictoriaandPrimeMinisterWilliamGladstone—oneofthethreemostfamouslivingpersons,

areputationnootherpoetwritinginEnglishhaseverhad.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,Windofthewesternsea,Low,low,breatheandblow,Windofthewesternsea.Overtherollingwatersgo;Comefromthedyingmoon,andblow,Blowhimagaintome,Whilemylittleone,whilemyprettyonesleeps.(From“SweetandLow”byAlfredTennyson)DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Approachthepoemasifyouwerean_______inanunfamiliar_________?Asyouapproachthepoem,youshouldask:Asyouexplorethepoem,youshouldask:Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillexplorerlandscapeWhoistalking?Whoisbeingtalkedto?Whatisbeingdescribed?Isthereasenseofplace?Arethereotherpeopleorobjectsthere?Whataretheimages?Whathappenswhentheyareputtogether?startto___________thatgiveyouagreater_______________ofthepoem.digupcluesunderstandingWhatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Whatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?WhenIreadit,Icanseeinmymindtheimageofabirdinacage,whichisdesperatelysingingforfreedom.DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.AnacclaimedAmericanpoet,storyteller,activist,andautobiographer,AngelouworkedforDr.MartinLutherKingJr.

andwasalsoaneducatorwhoservedasaprofessorintheuniversity.DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Thecagedbirdsings

withafearfultrill

ofthingsunknown

butlongedforstill

andhistuneisheard

onthedistanthill

forthecagedbird

singsoffreedom.(From“CagedBird”byMayaAngelou)DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatdoesthelecturerthinkofpoemsthatareeasytounderstand?Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?WhatisthefunctionofthepoemquotedafterPara.4?DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatdoesthelecturerthinkofpoemsthatareeasytounderstand?Theyareoftenlessinterestingthanthosethatconstantlyrevealdeeperandpreviouslyunrecognizedmeanings.Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?Weshouldsetitasideandcomebacktoitlater.Withourinsightintolifebecomingdeeper,wemayonedayfinditnotsohardtounderstandatall.Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Poetryreadingcanmakeusfeelsomethingorletusperceive

anotherlevelofmeaning,whichismoreimportantandworthoureffort.WhatisthefunctionofthepoemquotedafterPara.4?Thispoemisnoteasytounderstandandissuitableasanexampletosupportthetipof“bepatientwhenhavingtroubleinunderstandingapoem”.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.RobertFrost(1874-1963)wasanAmericanpoetwhowasmuchadmiredforhisdescriptionoftherurallifeofNewEngland,andhisrealisticverseportrayingordinarypeopleineverydaysituations.Hisfamouspoemsinclude:StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningandTheRoadNotTaken.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.

Hishouseisinthevillagethough;

Hewillnotseemestoppinghere

Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.

From“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”byRobertFrostPost-readingPleasechooseoneofthepoemsinthelecturetranscriptandthinkaboutthesoundandsenseofthepoem.Pleasegivesomeothertipsonhowtoreadapoem.Post-readingPleasechooseoneofthepoemsinthelecturetranscriptandthinkaboutthesoundandsenseofthepoem.ThepoembyMayaAngeloudescribestheimageofacagedbirdwantingtobefree.