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Poetry Part 1 Tone and Speaker *Tone: the implied attitude of the author towards his theme or his subject; *Irony: a contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen Kinds of Irony *Verbal irony: characters say the opposite of what they mean; *Situational irony: the opposite of what is expected happens; *Dramatic irony: a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to other characters 1.Jonathan Swift: “On Stella’s Birthday” Stella this day is thirty-four, 斯特拉今天三十四(We shant dispute a year or more:) 五六七八又何妨However, Stella, be not troubled, 没有脑后飞来的苦恼Although thy size and years are doubled, 任身形光阴倍长Since first I saw thee at sixteen, 第一次见你十六The brightest virgin on the green; 田野里晨光初放So little is thy form declind; 双手滑过腰间Made up so largely in thy mind. 美好充斥梦想Oh, would it please the gods to split 哦 众神也只剩乐意Thy beauty, size, and years, and wit; 分你一半大小美丽和风趣No age could furnish out a pair 岁月结不下两个女神Of nymphs so graceful, wise, and fair; 同样优雅端庄和美丽With half the lustre of your eyes, 一半有你明净双眼With half your wit, your years, and size. 一半有你成熟韵致 And then, before it grew too late, 趁一切还来得及How should I beg of gentle Fate, 我该如何向脆弱命运乞讨(That either nymph might have her swain,) 如果女神也心怀情郎To split my worship too in twain 就让痴狂与破碎分享Questions： 1.How would Stella feel when the poet mentions her “doubled” size? What do you think of it as a birthday poem? 2.Does the poet intend to praise or annoy Stella? What is the tone of the poem? Offensive? Playfully tender? Or sad over Stella抯 age and weight?郎 2.揟he Loveliest of Trees? A. E. Housman Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloo