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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 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. 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（自由诗）：不受格律、音韵的约束不讲求形式上的整齐或有规则，不寻求语言上的平衡、华美或高雅，以充分地、尽情地表达思想为主要目的。 Irregular Rhyme and Rhythm; Irregular Number of Lines Blank Verse（无韵诗）：不押韵，但有音步和格 律的限制;传统的无韵诗的节奏是抑扬格五音步，各节长短不一，因而有“诗段”这个说