AnIntroductiontoEnglishPoetry.ppt

* 1. What is poetry? A literary form Written in lines Rich imagery Great artistic appeal Beautiful harmony Compressed content An Introduction to English Poetry Danti: Divine Comedy《神曲》 Milton: Paradise Lost 《失乐园》 Homer: Iliad《伊利亚特》; Odyssey《奥德赛》 3) Dramatic Poems（戏剧诗） 2) Narrative Poems（叙事诗） 1) Lyrical Poems（抒情诗） 2. Kinds of Poetry In terms of content : Songs（韵文) odes （颂诗） Elegy（挽诗） Epics (史诗) ( heroic poems) ballads（民谣） lyre (里拉) usu. in dialogue; in blank verse 2. Kinds of Poetry In terms of metre: 1) Metrical Poems（格律诗） Regular Rhyme; Regular Rhythm; Definite Number of Lines 2) Free Verse（自由诗） Irregular Rhyme and Rhythm; Irregular Number of Lines 3) Blank Verse（无韵诗） Without Rhyme ; With Rhythm 3. Rhythm （节奏） Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! The sun is not abed when I At night u pon my pil low lie 4. Foot（音步） 1) Iambus（抑扬格） or: Iambic Foot（抑扬音步） ( Iambic Tetrametre or 4 - foot Iambus) （四步抑扬格） The stream will not flow, and the hill will not rise, And the co lours have all passed away from her eyes! ( Anapaestic Tetrametre or 4 - foot Anapaest) （四步抑抑扬格） or: Anapaestic Foot（抑抑扬音步） 4. Foot（音步） 1) Iambus（抑扬格） 2) Anapaest（抑抑扬格） (Trochaic Tetrametre or 4 - foot Trochee) （四步扬抑格） 4. Foot（音步） 1) Iambus（抑扬格） 2) Anapaest（抑抑扬格） Or: Trochaic Foot（扬抑音步） 3) Trochee（扬抑格） Shake your chains to earth like dew , Which in sleep had fallen on you ----- You are many ------ they are few . or: Dactylic Foot（扬抑抑音步） a) Take her up tenderly , Lift her with care; b) This is a galloping measure a hop and a trot and a gallop ( Dactylic Hexametre or 6 - foot Dactyl ) （六步扬抑抑格） 4. Foot（音步） 1) Iambus（抑扬格） 2) Anapaest（抑抑扬格） 3) Tr