(讲义)Unit 4 Exploring Poetry导读 话题妙切入-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册(译林版2020)

1．The finest poetry was first experience. —Emerson 最优美的诗来自切身感受。 ——爱默生 2．Poetry is an echo，asking a shadow to dance. —Carl Sandburg 诗歌是一种回响，它能让影子翩翩起舞。 ——卡尔·桑德堡 3．The essence of poetry is invention：such invention as，by producing something unexpected，surprises and delights. —Samuel Johnson 诗的本质是创造；这些创造，如创作一些意想不到的、惊奇的和令人欣喜的事情。 ——塞缪尔·约翰逊 4．A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth. —Shelley 一首诗是永恒真理在人生幻象中的表露。 ——雪莱 The poem is considered a form of art，or something created to be appreciated for its beauty and emotional power.Poems are often inspired by the poet's own experiences and epiphanies.The poet has discovered something profound and wants to relate it to others; therefore，poems are designed to provoke thought or cause an emotional response in the readers. Li Bai (701—762)，whose courtesy name is Tai Bai and literal name is Qinglian Jushi(Lay Buddhist of Green Lotus)，is a world­famous representative of Chinese ancient literature，especially in the field of classical poetry，which in China is extensively called Tang Shi，or Poetry of the Tang Dynasty.He was highly crowned to be The Immortality of Poetry and Poetic Swordsman.He Zhizhang，another leader of literature in the Tang Dynasty who could be the teacher of Li Bai，once highly praised Li Bai as “Earthly Immortal” for the imagery of Li Bai's poems was deeply characterized of the immortal's life in heaven or paradise，and also his poems were all rooted deeply in his special personality and fantastic imagination.Li Bai was a talented man expert in literature，prose，essay and martial arts of swordsman. Li Bai was an alcoholic drinker，and he could drink a lot at a time，so many people also regarded him to be The Immortal of Alcoholics.Li Bai was historically considered to be a great poet of romanticism，and this is the widely­accepted comment of the modern people when the western literary theory popularized in China. [探索发现] 1．Find out what field is Li Bai famous for? Classical poetry. 2．Find out who is H