Unit 4 Exploring poetry Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Exploring poetry Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) Lead-in 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 Lead-in How do you like the two poems? Welcome to the unit Both poems are very descriptive. I like the first one because it focuses on the topic of spring and clearly describes a spring morning in a way that is easy to understand. The second one is about dreams and uses some artistic techniques, such as metaphor and personification. Even though it is a little bit more difficult to understand, it is interesting to read. Welcome to the unit What other poems or poets do you know about? Du Fu: He wrote poems about the beauty of nature and his experiences while traveling. He had a great gift for language. He met Li Bai on his travels and he admired the great poet very much. I know his poem “On Yueyang Tower”, which describes what he saw and how he felt he visited the great tower. Welcome to the unit Emily Dickinson: A famous American poet, she wrote poems that are creative and encourage careful thought. I like her poem “ ‘Hope’ Is the Thing with Feathers”, which compared the feeling of hopefulness and expectation to a bird. What other poems or poets do you know about? Why do people read poems? Poems create vivid pictures and tell stories by using language creatively. Readers enjoy the challenge of trying to understand the poet’s intention in writing a happening during the time when it was written. Readers can look at the poem’s form and litera