the sea drinking wine World War Ⅰ friendship the countryside peace
power pets imagination nature…
happiness Human feelings anger
Pre-reading---(1m)
As we know, poems are mostly written to show people’s emotions.. In Chinese , we have “ 诗言志,诗言情,诗歌合为事而作.” That is, people write poems for different reasons, then we have different kind of poems.
is recited to a baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases?
By Meng Haoran 咏柳 碧玉妆成一树高, 万条垂下绿丝绦 不知细叶谁裁出, 二月春风似剪刀
poem
who--- poet types of poems topics human feelings history/development
( realism )
Du Fu
( romantic ) Li Bai
Have a flexible line length and repeated phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem
Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words. Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling using the minimum of words. The translations have a free form.
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Which Poem describes a person?
tells a story? describes an aspect of a season?
is about sport? is about things that don’t make sense?
(by Meng Haoran)
春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟． 夜来风雨声，花落知多少．
The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.
A SPRING MORNING
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.
Could there have been a frost already?
Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.
Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home. By Li Bai
静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。
Wang Wei
( nature )
Bai Juyi
Shakespeare (1564—1616 )
Shelley (1792—1822 )
Types
funny
serious
realism
fantasy romantic classical
Song/Tang Dynasty
modern
Topics
Nursery rhymes
Cinquain
Five kindss
Haiku
Forms of Poems
Nursery Rhymes
List Poems
Cinquain Haiku
Tang Poems
Characteristics
Strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite
Next go over quickly the poems in the reading part. And then tick the correct box/boxes for each question on P9
What kinds of poem are mentioned? What are their characteristics?
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned. By Li Bai
静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。
In the Quiet Night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed---
Unit 2 Poems
Period 1&2 Warming up and Reading
Warming up ( 5m)
Do you know who he is in this picture?
In the Quiet Night A bed, I see a silver light,
I wonder if it's frost aground.