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Unit 4
Exploring poetry
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Poetry is an expression of one’s will. What is kept in the heart is the will, but when expressed in words, it is poetry.
—“Preface to The Book of Songs”
诗者,志之所之也。
在心为志,发言为诗。
A Spring Morning
By Meng Haoran
This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
Not to awake till birds are crying.
After one night of wind and showers,
How many are the fallen flowers!
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
Lead-in
Dreams
By Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
How to read a poem
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(1)_______________
Poetry
(2)_______________
Follow your ears and ask
“(3)________________”
Approach the poem as
(4)_______________________________.
Be (5)________________.
Remember that it is not necessary to
(6)______________________________.
Sound
Sense
How does it sound?
an explorer in an unfamiliar lanscape
patient
fully understand a poem to appreciate it
Fast reading
Approach the poem as if you were an _______ in an unfamiliar_________?
As you approach the poem, you should ask:
As you explore the poem, you should ask:
As you slowly explore your surroundings, you will
explorer
landscape
Who is talking? Who is being talked to? What is being described? Is there a sense of place? Are there other people or objects there?
What are the images?
What happens when they are put together?
start to ___________ that give you a greater _______________ of the poem.
dig up clues
understanding
What images come into your mind when reading it?
Read Para. 3
What images come into your mind when reading it?
When I read it, I can see in my mind the image of a bird in a cage, which is desperately singing for freedom.
Read Para. 3
An acclaimed American poet, storyteller, activist(激进分子), and autobiographer, Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was also an educator who