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Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Welcome to the unit & Reading
Lead in
Lead-in
Poetry
What is poetry
Presentation
“The expression of imagination.”
——Percy Bysshe Shelly
“An emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
——Robert Frost
Presentation
How do you understand the following quotation
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。
——《毛诗序》
Now let's read two poems and then try to define “poetry” by yourself.
Presentation
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)
Language points
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
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Listen to the poems and read after the tape.
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梦想
兰斯顿·休斯
紧紧抓住梦想，
梦想若是消亡，
生命就像鸟儿折了翅膀，
再也不能飞翔。
紧紧抓住梦想，
梦想若是消丧，
生命就像贫瘠的荒野，
雪覆冰封，万物不再生长
In the second one,Langston Hughes emphasizes the importance of
having dreams in one’s life.And he uses some artistic techniques,
such as metaphor and personification.
How do you like the two poems
“A Spring Morning” reveals the
poet’s love of spring and his regret
of its departure.
Both poems are very descriptive,vivid,easy to understand.
If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind
—Percy Shelley
冬天来了，春天还会远吗
—雪莱
What other poems or poets do you know about
From hill to hill no bird in flight
From path to path no man in sight
A lonely fisherman afloat
Is fishing snow in lonely boat.
千山鸟飞绝 万径人踪灭
孤舟蓑笠翁 独钓寒江雪
柳宗元
Such feeling cannot be recalled again;
It seemed lost even when it was felt then.
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
此情可待成追忆 只是当时已惘然
李商隐
If you have a friend who knows your heart.
Distance cannot keep you two apart.
海内存知己，
天涯若比邻。
一王勃
4. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make
our life and the world more colorful and beautiful.
2. Poems create vivid pictures and tell stories by using
language creatively.
1. Poems draw us to the world of imagination.
3. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and
romance.
Why do people read poems
1. Do you have any difficulty in reading a poem
2. Do you know how to read a poem
How to read a poem
(1)________
Scan the lecture transcript and complete the chart below.
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
Global Reading
Try to learn the structure of the lecture.
Introduction
Body
Four tips
Give examples to support the ideas
Conclusion
Echo the beginning
How is poetry different from other types of literature
More than other types of literature, it usually implies a deeper meaning beyond the words on the page.
What aspect should you pay special attention to when you read a poem aloud
The aspect of rhythm, repeated words, rhymes and other special effects.
Read Pa. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.
Detailed Reading
What characteristics can you find when you analyse its
（“Sweet and Low”）sound
Firstly, the words “_________________________”
are repeated.
Secondly, there are several rhyming words:
“low” rhyming with “________” and “________”,
“sea” rhyming with “________”.
Wind of the western sea
blow
go
me
Read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.
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
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 Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.
1. What does the lecturer think of poems that are easy to
understand
They are often less interesting than those that constantly reveal
deeper and previously unrecognized meanings.
2. What should you do when you have difficulty in understanding
a poem
We should set it aside and come back to it later. With our
insight into life becoming deeper, we may one day find it not
so hard to understand at all.
3. According to the lecturer, what is more important in appreciating
a poem
Poetry reading can make us feel something or let us perceive
another level of meaning, which is more important and worth
our effort.
4. What is the function of the poem quoted after Para. 4
This poem is not easy to understand and is suitable as an
example to support the tip of “be patient when having trouble
in understanding a poem”.
5. Is the last paragraph a good ending Why or why not
The last paragraph echoes(呼应) the beginning by repeat “poetry is the combination of “sound”and “sense”again, which makes the lecture more coherent.(贯通的).
Critical reading
The lecturer says that one does not need to fully understand a poem to appreciate it. Do you agree Support your opinion with your own experience of reading poetry.
Reading tips: Read critically
Relate the text to your own reasoning（理智）and experiences and forming your ideas about the text.
Poetry is a 1________ (combine) of “sound” and “sense". It usually implies
a deeper meaning beyond the words on the page. So, how to reveal this
2. ________(hide)dimension First, follow your ears. You can always say something about how the poem sounds when you read it aloud. Pay attention
3. ____ the rhythm, repeated words and other special effects, and they will lead you to4. ________( good) understanding of the poem in 5. ____ end. Second, approach the poem as if you are exploring your 6. ________ (surround). Ask some basic questions about the poem, and you 7. ________
(start) to dig up clues. Third, just have some patience. You cannot really understand a poem 8. _____ you have only read once, Poems that are easy to understand are often less interesting 9. _____ those that reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings 10. _________(constant).Finally, you can still appreciate a poem even if you don't fully understand it. As long as the journey of poetry reading makes you feel something or lets you perceive another level of meaning, it will have been worth your effort.
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