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Unit 5 poems
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EXPLORING POETRY IN CHINA探索中国诗歌之路
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1. What are the typical features of classical Chinese poetry?
2. How is modern poetry written?
3. What themes did the three Tang Dynasty poets like to write about?
4. Who first introduced Americans to Chinese poetry?
5. When did European literature come to China?
6. Who are the most popular English Romantic poets?
7. What does the writer think about translations of poems?
Read the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.
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EXPLORING POETRY IN CHINA探索中国诗歌之路
Poetry plays with sounds, words, and grammar. That makes poetry difficult to write but very interesting to read. Poetry uses colours, feelings, experences, and images to paint a picture in your mind.
In Chinese classical poetry, the form is very important: the correct number of lines and the number of characters in each line. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme.However, modern poets began o reject traditonal forms and structures for poetry in the 20th century. As a result, most poetry today s written in free verse, with lines of varying length.
During the Tang Dynasty, a high point of classical Chinese poetry, poems by Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei became very popular. Widely known as a genius and often called the "immortal Poet",Li Bai(701-762)wrote with a romantic style and his poems celebrated things such as friendship,nature, and wine. Du Fu(712-770)is also known as one of the greatest Chinese poets. He has been called the"poet-historian"and the" Poet-Sage"by Chinese critics, and his poems cover a range of topics, with his most famous poems reflecting on the effects of war on the people.Wang Wei (701-761)was a painter, musician, and poet, and he was well known f