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人教版(2019)选择性必修三
Unit 5 Poems
Reading and Thinking
Appreciate different forms of English poems
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
read a brief introduction on some simple forms of English poems;
grasp the structure of this expository writing;
learn to appreciate different forms of English poems.
What is a poem
In children’s eyes:
A poem is ____________.
A poem is lovely ________.
A poem is _________.
A poem can be __________ and can be ______.
A poem makes you ______________________.
for everyone
to share
quiet
feel like singing laaaa …
colourful
really loud
In some famous poets’ eyes:
Poet Percy Bysshe Shelly defined poetry as “the expression of imagination.”
Robert Frost said that a poem forms when “an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
Lead-in
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Compared to other forms of literature, poetry tends to be shorter though a poem can be very long. Words are used differently, not in sentences and paragraphs like in novels, but lines and stanzas. Often grammar and punctuation are ignored or used differently. Poetry is more emotional, and the possibilities are much more open than in prose.
Look at the following nursery rhyme (童谣). Compared with other forms of literature such as the novel, drama, and the short story, what are the characteristics of poetry
Before you read, discuss the questions with your partner.
Pre-reading
Why do you think people write poems
to tell a story
to encourage people
to express feelings
to recall an enjoyable or unpleasant incident
to express a point of view
to create images for the readers
How does the author organize this text
Para. 1: the introduction
Para. 2-6:
Para. 7: the conclusion
A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS
forms of poem
The reasons why people compose poetry
nursery rhymes
list poems
cinquain
haiku
Tang poetry
Encourage people to try to compose poetry
While-reading
Skim the text and analyze its structure.
How do you comprehend poetry
Poetry comprehension
Poems paint pictures with words through the use of figures of speech and metaphors, so to understand a poem fully, you have to imagine in your mind the picture the poem is painting. Further, the sounds, rhythm, and rhymes in a poem give it a musical quality. Poems often have to be read aloud, and with feeling, to be really understood and enjoyed.
Learn a reading strategy.
Read the first paragraph and answer the following questions.
1. Reasons why people compose poetry
tell a story
describe a certain image
convey certain feelings
1. Why people compose poetry
2. What are the characteristics of poetry
2. Distinctive characteristics of poetry
economical use of words
descriptive and vivid language
integrated imagery
literary devices, e.g. simile, metaphor
arrangement of words and lines
rhymes
rhythm
Read the second paragraph and learn nursery rhyme.
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s gonna buy you a looking glass.
If that looking glass gets broke,
Papa’s gonna buy you a billy goat.
If that billy goat won’t pull,
Papa’s gonna buy you a cart and bull.
Type of poem
Topic
Characteristics
Devices
nursery rhyme
love between father and baby
concrete but creative language
rhymes
repetition
n. 露珠;水珠
Read the third paragraph and learn list poem.
Type of poem
Devices
Characteristics
lists of things, people, ideas or descriptions of a particular theme
flexible line length
repeated phrases for patterns and rhythm
LIFE
Life can be good,
Life can be bad,
Life is mostly cheerful,
but sometimes sad.
Life can be dreams,
Life can be great thoughts,
Life can mean a person,
Sitting in court.
Only One Mother
Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shore together,
Hundreds of birds that go singing by,
Hundreds of lambs in the sunny weather.
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
George Cooper
Characteristics
Type of poem
Topic
Characteristics
Devices
cinquain
brother
simple form
five lines
strong picture or mood
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine
Read the fourth paragraph and learn cinquain.
Read the fifth paragraph and learn haiku.
Type of poem
Topic
haiku
nature
Characteristics
Devices
17 syllables
three lines containing 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively
clear picture and special feeling
A fallen blossom
Is coming back to the branch.
Look, a butterfly!
Type of poem
Topic
Characteristics
Tang poem
waiting
structured
Where she awaits her husband
On and on the river flows.
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
wind and rain revolve.
Should the traveller return,
this stone would utter speech.
Wang Jian
Read the sixth and seventh paragraph and learn Tang poem.
1. Which poem do you like best Why
Post-reading
Discuss the following questions.
2. Are poems good for our life What can we get from poems
Yes, they are.
(1) Poems bring passion to our life.
(2) Poems help us to understand life, virtues(美德), beauty and romance.
(3) Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
— Robert Frost
一片森林里分出两条路——而我选了人迹更少的一条,从此决定了我一生的道路。
——罗伯特·弗罗斯特
Read the text aloud.
Make out the different types of poetry.
preview language points.
Homework