还要赶多少路才安眠.ppt

anyone lived in a pretty how town E.E. Cummings E.E. Cummings (1894-1962) to be nobody-but-myself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. - Cummings Uniqueness of Cummingss poems lack of punctuation use of lowercase letters unusual arrangement of words - breaking words apart - changing their parts of speech - a single word representing an entire idea anyone lived in a pretty how town orignally no title What is the name of the main character? What is the name of his wife? What do these names suggest? What do women and men do? What is the difference between children and adults? What happens to the two main characters at the end of the poem? anyone lived in a pretty how town How do townspeople seem to react to this event? What three series of words are repeated? What lesson about life does the poem convey? Assignments Read The Declaration of Independence and find - the most essential reasons for which the declaratoin of independence is made. Read Faulkners speech and find: - What does Faulkner think is the writers duty? The Red Wheelbarrow (1) What depends on the wheelbarrow? - daily chores / daily life What do the first two lines suggest about the speaker’s response to the scene? - heavy loads and great responsibility - important role as a tool The Red Wheelbarrow (2) What item is mentioned in stanza 2? What might be the significance of its color? - wheelbarrow - red passion energy, vitality The Red Wheelbarrow (3) What two items does the poet describe in stanza 3 and 4? What do you think Williams is saying in this poem? - rainwater and chickens - harmonious picture of farm life The Red Wheelbarrow (4) What images are juxtaposed in this poem? - red, wheelbarrow glazed with rain water, white, chicken To what sense do the images in the poem directly appeal? - sense of sight What emotion doe