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1、EnglishPoetryTheBasicElementsofAppreciatingEnglishPoetry1.Whatispoetry?ØPoetryistheexpressionofImpassionedfeelinginlanguage.ØPoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings:ittakesitsoriginfromemotionrecollectedintranquility.ØPoetry,inageneralsense,maybedefinedtobetheexpre
2、ssionoftheimagination.ØPoetryistherhythmicalcreationofbeauty.ØPoetryistheimageofmanandnature.Ø诗言志，歌咏言。---《虞书》Ø诗言志之所以也。在心为志，发言为诗。情动于中而行于言，言之不足，则嗟叹之；嗟叹之不足，故咏歌之；咏歌之不足，不知手之舞之，足之蹈之也。情发于声；声成文，谓之音。---《诗·大序》Ø诗是由诗人对外界所引起的感觉，注入了思想与情感，而凝结了形象，终于被表现出来的一种‘完成’的艺术。---艾青：《诗论》2.TheSoundSyste
3、mofEnglishPoetrya.TheprosodicfeaturesØProsody(韵律)---thestudyoftherhythm,pause,tempo【音乐】速度；拍子,stressandpitchfeaturesofalanguage.ØChinesepoetryissyllable-timed,Englishpoetryisstress-timed.eg.故人/西辞/黄鹤楼，烟花/三月/下扬州。孤帆/远影/碧空尽，唯见/长江/天际流。---李白：《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》Stress:TheprosodyofEnglishp
4、oetryisrealizedbystress.Onestressedsyllablealwayscomestogetherwithoneormoreunstressedsyllables.eg.Tiger,/tiger,/burning/brightInthe/forest/ofthe/night,Whatim/mortal/handor/eyeCouldframethy/fearful/symme/try?---W.BlakeLength:itcanproducesomerhetoricalandartisticeffect.eg.The
5、curfewtollstheknellofpartingday,Thelowingherdwindslowlyo’erthelea,ThePloughmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome.---ThomasGrayLongvowelsanddiphthongsmakethepoemslow,emotionalandsolemn;shortvowelsquick,passionate,tenseandexciting.Pause:itservesforthe
6、rhythmandmusicalityofpoetry.b.Meterormeasure(格律)Rhythmisthedistinctivefeatureofpoetry,andtherhythmofapoemcomesfromthemeterandfoot.Footisthebasicunitofmeterormeasureinpoetry.(poem---stanza/strophe---line/verse---foot---arsis+thesis)Meterormeasurereferstotheformationwayofstre
7、ssedandunstressedsyllables.Fourcommonmeters:a)Iambus;theiambicfoot(抑扬格)eg.Shewalks/inbeau/ty,like/thenightOfcloud/lessclimes/andstar/ryskies;Andall/that’sbest/ofdark/andbrightMeetin/heras/pectand/hereyes.---Byronb)Trochee;thetrochaicfoot（扬抑格）eg.Never/seekto/tellthy/love,Lov
8、ethat/never/toldcan/be.---Blakec)Dactyl;thedactylicfoot（扬抑抑格）eg.Cannonto/rightofth
