English Poetry Appreciation 英语诗歌讲课稿.pptVIP

Summary writing Write 500-word summary on the comparison between Burns’ lyric “A red, red rose” and the Chinese poem “上邪“. English Poetry Appreciation 英语诗歌赏析 Auld Lang Syne 友谊地久天长 Robert Burns(1759-1796) Robert Burns’ Life Story Born: 25 January 1759 Alloway ,Ayrshire, Scotland 英国苏格兰西南部埃尔郡阿洛韦村庄 His Life the son of a poor farmer very little formal education His Poems Scottish colloquial dialect（苏格兰方言） Scottish folk songs （传统苏格兰民谣） the ploughman poet “农夫诗人” Died: “The National Poet of Scotland” “苏格兰的民族诗人” : 21 July 1796 Dumfries, Scotland 英国苏格兰南部旧郡:敦夫里斯 Robert Burns’ Representative Works Works Auld Lang Syne 友谊地久天长 My Heart’s in the Highlands 我的心啊在高原 乡情 友情 一朵红红的玫瑰 by Robert Burns A ballad 民谣 Quatrain (a stanza of four lines) 四行诗 Genre: Structure: A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns Meter Iambic tetrameter（四音步抑扬格）in lines13 O,/ m? lùve/ īs lìke/ ā rèd,/ rēd ròse,/ Iambic trimeter（三音步抑扬格）in lines 24 /Thāt’s nèw/ l? sprùng / īn jùne./ Meter Why did the poet use the “red” rose to express his love instead of any other kind of colors? Aphrodite“the goddess of love and beauty” (爱和美的女神） Greek Mythology(希腊神话） The Prince Adonis, “mortal Lover in the human world” (女神凡间的情人） Adonis was almost dead, the goddess’ feet were pierced through by the thorns of white roses, and bunches of red roses sprung up from the places. 1. What kind of images can you picture in your mind? Question “意象” 2. By what kind of rhetoric devices（修辞手法） does the poet create those images? Burns’ “A Red, Red Rose” O My luve’s like a red, red rose, 呵，我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰， That’s newly sprung in June; 六月里迎风初开； Scottish dialect=love is recently The past tense of “spring” which means bloom Britain’s climate is cold. Flowers aren’t in bloom till June. Stanza 1 Burns’ “A Red, Red Rose” O My luve’s lik