诗歌分析方法.ppt

2. Definition of poetry Poetry is a literary genre that communicates experience in the most condensed form. Poetry is a multidimensional language: an intellectual dimension, an emotional d, a sensuous d, and an imaginative d. These dimensions work together to pass experience to the reader. Poetry tries to say the most in the fewest possible words. Poetry begins in delight, and ends in wisdom. — Robert Frost He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. — George Sand 3. How to analyze poetry? Aside from the basic demand that poetry says something, poetry is characterized by the following elements: 1) a musical effect created by rhythm and sound; 2) a precise and fresh imagery; 3) multiple levels of interpretations suggested by the connotations of the words and by allusions. Poems Unfold Pictures to Readers Who has seen wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling The wind is passing thro’. Who has seen wind? Neither I nor you: * * 1. What is poetry? A literary form marked with stanzas 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》 3) didactic poem（说理诗） humorous poem（幽默诗） burlesque （滑稽诗） parody （模仿诗） 2) Narrative Poems（叙事诗） 1) Lyrical Poems（抒情诗） 4. Kinds of Poetry A. In terms of content : ode （颂诗） elegy（悼念诗）idyll（田园诗）love poem（爱情诗）songs（韵文) ballads（民谣） Epics (史诗) ( heroic poems), Dramatic Poems （戏剧诗：usu. in dialogue ; in blank verse）, Metrical tale (故事诗)，ballads（民谣） Kinds of Poetry B. In terms of metre: 1) Metrical Poems（格律诗） Regular Rhyme; Regular Rhythm; Definite Number of Lines Free Verse（自由