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1、ABriefStudyofEnglishPoetry黄波Part1:ElementsofPoetry Part2:AnalysisofPoetry1.Beowulfistheearliestliteratureinepicform.Ithasthreeimportantfeaturesoftheepic (1).Themoststrikingfeatureistheuseofalliteration.ThisisthecharacteristicofalloldEnglishverse. (2).Thesecondistheuseofmetap
2、horsandunderstatements. (3).ThethirdfeatureofthepoemisthemixtureofpaganandChristianelement.2.ChaucerintroducedfromFranceandItalytherhymedstanzasofvariousformstoEnglishpoetry,thatis: 1.theheroiccouplet;therhymedcoupletofiambicpenta-meter,whichwastobeveryimportantinthe18thcentu
3、ry 2.therhymeroyal;aseven-linestanzainiambicpenta-meter,rhymingababbcc. 3.theterzarima;three-linestanzas,rhymingaba,bcb,cdc. 4.theoctave;eight-lineiambicpentameterstanza,rhymingababbcbc.Apoemhasrhythmandrhyme,theyhavelittlemeaninginthemselves,yet,theymayhelptoreinforcethemean
4、ing.Takerhythmasanexample,asadfeelingwillusuallybeintensifiedbylongvowelsandslow-pacedrhythm;whileahappyoccasionwillbemademoreexcitingbyaquickrhythm.e.g.inmusicRhymewillservetobringtogetherwordswhichareusuallynotthoughttogetherandthereforecreateimaginativerelationamongdiffere
5、ntpartsofthepoems.E.g.Breathanddeath,ifrhymedtogether,willprobablyhelpustounderstandlifeasafragilebreath,buttheywillnotbesoiftheyarewrittenapart.Rhymeoccurswhentwowordsorphrasescontainanidenticalorsimilarvowelsound,usuallyaccented,andanidenticalconsonantsound(ifany)thatfollow
6、sthevowelsound.Sotospeak,rhymeistherepetitionofthestressedvowelsoundandallsucceedingsounds.Thus“line”willrhymewith“pine”,“visit”with“isit”.Rhymeisthemajorsoundelementwhichcontributestothemusicofpoetry.Therhymesinapoemwillusuallyformapatterncalledrhymescheme.1.Masculine/femini
7、nerhymeWhentherhymingsoundinvolvesonlyonesyllable,usuallyattheendofrespectivelines,itiscalledmasculinerhyme.Oftenthefinalsyllableisstressed.TypesofRhymee.g.“cold”and“bold”,“sky”and“fly”. Whentherhymingsoundsinvolvetwoormoresyllables,itiscalledfemininerhyme.e.g.“spitefully”and
8、“delightfully”.2.Internalrhyme/endrhymeIftheoneorbothrhymingwordsare
