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Reading(I)Lead-inPoetryisanexpressionofone’swill.Whatiskeptintheheartisthewill,butwhenexpressedinwords,itispoetry.

—“PrefacetoTheBookofSongs”詩者，志之所之也。在心為志，發(fā)言為詩。ASpringMorning

ByMengHaoranThisspringmorninginbedI’mlying,Nottoawaketillbirdsarecrying.Afteronenightofwindandshowers,Howmanyarethefallenflowers!TranslatedbyXuYuanchongLead-inDreams

ByLangstonHughesHoldfasttodreamsForifdreamsdieLifeisabroken-wingedbirdThatcannotflyHoldfasttodreamsForwhendreamsgoLifeisabarrenfieldFrozenwithsnowLead-inHowdoyoulikethetwopoems?Bothpoemsareverydescriptive.Ilikethefirstonebecauseitfocusesonthetopicofspringandclearlydescribesaspringmorninginawaythatiseasytounderstand.Thesecondoneisaboutdreamsandusessomeartistictechniques,suchasmetaphorandpersonification.Eventhoughitisalittlebitmoredifficulttounderstand,itisinterestingtoread.metaphor暗喻personification擬人literarydevices:rhythm節(jié)奏rhyme押韻Pre-readingDreams

ByLangstonHughesHoldfasttodreamsForifdreamsdieLifeisabroken-wingedbirdThatcannotflyHoldfasttodreamsForwhendreamsgoLifeisabarrenfieldFrozenwithsnow(1)_______________Poetry(2)_______________Followyourearsandask“(3)________________”Approachthepoemas(4)___________________________.Be(5)________________.Rememberthatitisnotnecessaryto(6)____________________________.SoundSenseHowdoesitsound?anexplorerinanunfamiliarlandscapepatientfullyunderstandapoemtoappreciateitHowispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?2.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?3.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?DetailedReading:readPara.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Howispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?Morethanothertypesofliterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?Theaspectofrhythm,repeatedwords,rhymesandotherspecialeffects.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?Firstly,thewords“Windofthewesternsea”arerepeated.Secondly,thereareseveralrhymingwords:“l(fā)ow”rhymingwith“blow”and“go”,“sea”rhymingwith“me”.DetailedReading:readPara.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Alfred,LordTennyson(1809–1892)MorethananyotherVictorian-erawriter,Tennysonhasseemedtherepresentativeofhisage.Inhisowndayhewassaidtobe—withQueenVictoriaandPrimeMinisterWilliamGladstone—oneofthethreemostfamouslivingpersons,areputationnootherpoetwritinginEnglishhaseverhad.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,Windofthewesternsea,Low,low,breatheandblow,Windofthewesternsea.Overtherollingwatersgo;Comefromthedyingmoon,andblow,Blowhimagaintome,Whilemylittleone,whilemyprettyonesleeps.(From“SweetandLow”byAlfredTennyson)輕輕地，柔和地，輕輕地，柔和地，西方吹來海風(fēng)；輕輕地，柔和地吹拂，西方吹來海風(fēng)！西邊吹來，月色朦朧，吹過波濤洶涌；吹得他回家呵，親親睡著的寶寶，可愛的寶貝。DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Approachthepoemasifyouwerean_______inanunfamiliar_________?Asyouapproachthepoem,youshouldask:Asyouexplorethepoem,youshouldask:Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillexplorerlandscapeWhoistalking?Whoisbeingtalkedto?Whatisbeingdescribed?Isthereasenseofplace?Arethereotherpeopleorobjectsthere?Whataretheimages?Whathappenswhentheyareputtogether?startto___________thatgiveyouagreater_______________ofthepoem.digupcluesunderstandingDetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.WhenIreadit,Icanseeinmymindtheimageofabirdinacage,whichisdesperatelysingingforfreedom.Anacclaimed(受到贊揚(yáng)的)Americanpoet,storyteller,activist,andautobiographer,AngelouworkedforDr.MartinLutherKingJr.

andwasalsoaneducatorwhoservedasaprofessorintheuniversity.DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Thecagedbirdsings

withafearfultrill

ofthingsunknown

butlongedforstill

andhistuneisheard

onthedistanthill

forthecagedbird

singsoffreedom.(From“CagedBird”byMayaAngelou)DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatdoesthelecturerthinkofpoemsthatareeasytounderstand?Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?WhatisthefunctionofthepoemquotedafterPara.4?DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatdoesthelecturerthinkofpoemsthatareeasytounderstand?Theyareoftenlessinterestingthanthosethatconstantlyrevealdeeperandpreviouslyunrecognizedmeanings.Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Poetryreadingcanmakeusfeelsomethingorletusperceive

anotherlevelofmeaning,whichismoreimportantandworthoureffort.WhatisthefunctionofthepoemquotedafterPara.4?Thispoemisnoteasytounderstandandissuitableasanexampletosupportthetipof“bepatientwhenhavingtroubleinunderstandingapoem”.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.RobertFrost(1874-1963)wasanAmericanpoetwhowasmuchadmiredforhisdescriptionoftherurallifeofNewEngland,andhisrealisticverseportrayingordinarypeopleineverydaysituations.Hisfamouspoemsinclude:StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningandTheRoadNotTaken.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.

Hishouseisinthevillagethough;

Hewillnotseemestoppinghere

Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.

From“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”byRobertFrostPost-readingPleasechooseoneofthepoemsinthelecturetranscriptandthinkaboutthesoundandsenseofthepoem.Pleasegivesomeothertipsonhowtoreadapoem.Post-readingPleasechooseoneofthepoemsinthelecturetranscriptandthinkaboutthesoundandsenseofthepoem.ThepoembyMayaAngeloudescribestheimageofacagedbirdwantingtobefree.Thelinesareshortandsimple,whichmakesthemessagemoredirectandpowerful.Theshortlinescouldalsoimplythesenseofbeinginasmallcagewithverylittlespacetoflyaroundin.Thisdoesnotstopthebirdfromsingingthough,andbyrepeatingthesoundofsomewords:“trill”,“still”,and“hill”Icanimaginethesoundthatthebirdmakesitsingsitslonelysong.“CagedBird”remindsmeofthepossibilitieswehaveinlifeandthatweshouldlookpastourcurrentlimitations.Post-readingPleasegivesomeothertipsonhowtoreadapoem.Frommypointofview,tounderstandapoembetter,weshouldalsoknowmoreaboutthepoetandthebackgroundinwhichthepoemwascreated—thethemeofapoemusuallyhasa

closerelationshipwiththebackgroundinwhichthepoetwroteit.1.FinishB1onP47.2.Chooseapoemthatimpressesyoumost.Discussitwithyourpartners