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Unit 4
Exploring poetry
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诗歌是用高度凝练的语言,形象表达作者丰富情感,集中反映社会生活并具有一定节和律的文学体裁。它的一些独特的特点使它区别于其他文学形式。
话题导入·思维激活
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话题导入·思维激活
Poetry is one of the important art forms of literature,and is an easy way to express your feelings.Moreover,everyone understands it in their own way.Some find relief in poems,some read them simply for peace,some read poems for simple artistic pleasure.
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There are some special features of poetry,which make it quite different from other forms of literature.First of all,poems have rhythmic patterns.Generally,most parts of a poem follow the same form of rhythm.Poems may have rhyme,but they don't have to.The lines are neatly arranged together so that they express a particular feeling or emotion.
There can be various types of poems but according to the pattern or the form,there are mainly three types:
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Lyrics:The lyric mainly concentrates on human thoughts and emotions rather than a story.Lyrics always bear song-like appeal.These are mainly short poems.Popular lyric poem forms are the elegy,the ode and the sonnet.William Shakespeare,Edmund Waller and Keats are some of the greatest lyric writers of all times.
Narrative poems:This type of poetry tells a story.Narrative poems are usually long poems.Epics and ballads fall under this type.Some of the greatest epic poets are John Milton,Dante,Edgar Allan Poe,Alexander Pope,William Shakespeare,etc.
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Dramatic poems:Any drama that is written in verse is a dramatic poem.These poems generally tell a story.Black verse,dramatic monologues and closet drama belong to this type.William Shakespeare,Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson are some of the great dramatic poets.
Whatever the form is,one thing,which cannot be denied,is that poetry is one of the most powerful tools to express our feelings.
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【词汇积累】
1.rhythmic pattern 韵律模式
2.lyric n. 抒情诗
3.elegy n. 挽歌,悲歌;挽诗;挽歌体的诗
4.ode n. 颂歌
5.sonnet n. 十四行诗
6.narrative adj. 叙述的;叙事的
7.epic n. 史诗;叙事诗
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8.ballad n. 民