举杯邀明月, 对影成三人。
Wildfire never quite consumes them -They are tall once more in the spring wind.
野火烧不尽, 春风吹又生。
One-hearted
When those red berries come in springtime, Flushing on yon armful, for my sake, As a symbol of our love.
If you would ask me how my sorrow
has increased,
Just see
the over-brimming river flowing east!
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
《虞美人》 问君能有几多愁, 恰似一江春水向东流。
——李煜
How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high.
dimly shed.
Translated by Xu Yuanchong众里寻他千,蓦然回首,那人却在,
灯火阑珊处。
青玉案. 元夕
--- 辛弃疾
Till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, To bring me my shadow and make us three.
five kinds
Nursery List rhymes poems
Haiku
Cinquain
Tang poems
童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗
Brainstorming
Why people write poems?
to create a to encourage
mood
people
to tell a story
Can you guess the poem? 相思(王维)
红豆生南国, 春来发几枝。 愿君多采撷, 此物最相思。
Coming Home (a Tang poem)
I left home young. I return old. Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin; And my children, meeting me, do not know me. They smile and say: Stranger, where do you come from?
Find out something special at the end of the lines rhyme (押韵)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!
to make
others laugh to express a
Why?
to express feelings
point of view
to create images in the readers
to describe something
to play with words
…
Let’s talk about the types of the poem!
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
水调歌头 明月几时有? 把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙, 今夕是何年?
——苏 轼
I look for her in vain.
When all at once I turn my head,
I find her there where lantern light is
Poetry is a great form of literature. There are different kinds of rules for poems, so the forms of poems are quite different from country to country.
春晓 春眠不觉晓, 处处闻啼鸟。 夜来风雨声, 花落知多少。
by Meng Haoran
Match
A.枫桥夜泊
(唐、张继)
B.赠汪伦
(唐、李白)
C.回乡偶书
(唐、贺知章)
D.相思
(唐、王维)
E.过零丁洋 (宋、文天祥)
F.静夜思
(唐、李白)
1. to show the poet’s determination to fight to the end 2. tell readers to value love 3. to tell a story of an old man coming home which he left long ago 4. to describe friendship 5. convey(show) the poet’s feeling of homesickness. 6. describe a night scene
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.
笑儿乡少唐回
问 客 从 何
童 相 见 不
音 无 改 鬓
小 离 家 老
-
贺 知 章
乡 偶 书
处相毛大
来识衰回
。，。，
In the Quiet Night A bed, I see a silver light, I wonder if it’s frost aground. Looking up, I find the moon bright; Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.