2024_2025学年高中英语Module6TheTangPoems课下能力提升二十一含解析外研版选修8.docVIP

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Urbanpoetryisaliteraryartforminwhichpoetryisusedtoexpressfeelingsortoshareexperiencesthatarerelatedtolivinginurbanareas.Commonthemesincludepoverty,socialinjustice,stress,strugglesandsurvival.Aswithmanyotherformsofpoetry,itiscommonforthelinesofanurbanpoemtorhyme,butitisnotnecessaryallofthetime.Urbanpoetryalsocanbedifferentinlengthandrhythm.

Althoughmanypeopleconsidertheterm“urban”referstomoderncitiesfullofbrickandsteelstructures,flashinglightsandhundredsofthousandsofpeople,formsofurbanpoetryhavesprungoutofcitiesforcenturies.Althoughcitieshavebecomemoremodernized,manyoftheconditionsthatinspireurbanpoetsaremuchthesameastheywerehundredsofyearsago.Oneofthemostimportantthemesofurbanpoetryisthecondemnationofsocialinjustice.Modernurbanpoetstendtofocusonproblemsthathavebadeffectsonthelivesofminorities.

Ratherthanexpressanopinionaboutaproblem,manyurbanpoemswouldtellthestoryofsomeonelivinginacitytoallowthereadertogainabetterideaaboutanurbanproblembylearningaboutthestorytellerspersonalexperiencesdealingwiththisproblem.

Althoughurbanpoetrymightbenotreal,ittypicallysettlesasituationthatthepoethaspersonallyexperienced.Themotivationforsettlingunfairordifficultsituationsthatthepoethasexperiencedoftenleadstopowerfulfeelingsonthepartofboththepoetandtheaudience,particularlyduringaliveperformance.Somepeoplebelievethaturbanpoetryismoreappropriateasaspokenartformthanasliterature.Therefore,thistypeofpoetryfrequentlycanbefoundasaudiorecordingsratherthaninbooksorotherprintedmaterial.

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1．Whatcharacteristicdoesurbanpoetryhave?

A．Itslengthisstrictlyfixed.

B．Itslinesrhymeallthetime.

C．Itcanbefoundinprinted