--- foot: a group of syllables; 音步 (重音与非重音的一
次交替) (number ， position of the stressed syllable.)
--- patterns of the foot:
iambic(-- \) 抑扬；trochaic(\ --)扬抑; dactylic (\ -- --)扬抑抑; amphibrachic(-- -- \)抑抑扬; anapestic(-- \ --)抑扬抑
3) Blank Verse（无韵诗）：不押韵，但有音步和格 4) With律ou的t 限Rh制ym;传e 统; 的W无it韵h 诗Rh的yt节hm奏是抑扬格五音步，
各节长短不一，因而有“诗段”这个说法。
rhythm 节律，韵
--- syllables and stress; 音节与重音
Eg. My love’s like a red,red rose, That’s newly sprung in June.
Kinds of Poetry
B. In terms of metre:
1) Metrical Poems（格律诗）
2)RFegruelearVRehrsyem（e;自R由eg诗ula）r R：hy不th受m格; D律ef、in音ite韵N的um约be束r of Lines 不讲求形式上的整齐或有规则，不寻求语言上的 平衡、华美或高雅，以充分地、尽情地表达思想 Ir为re主gu要lar目R的hy。me and Rhythm; Irregular Number of Lines
An Introduction to English Poetry
1. What is poetry?
A literary form marked with stanzas Written in lines Compressed content Rich imagery Beautiful harmony Great artistic appeal
usu. in dialogue ; in blank verse）, Metrical tale
(故事诗)，ballads（民谣）
3) didactic poem（说理诗） humorous poem（幽默诗） Dbaunrtlie:squDe （ivi滑ne稽C诗om）edpya《rod神y曲（》模仿诗） Milton: Paradise Lost 《失乐园》
Poetry begins in delight, and ends in wisdom. — Robert Frost
He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. — George Sand
A. In terms of content :
1) Lyrical Poems（抒情诗） ode （颂诗） elegy（悼念诗）idyll（田园诗）love poem（爱情诗）songs（韵文) ballads（民谣）
2) Narrative Poems（叙事诗）
Epics (史诗) ( heroic poems), Dramatic Poems （戏剧诗：
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3. How to analyze poetry?
Aside from the basic demand that poetry says something, poetry is characterized by the following elements:
1) a musical effect created by rhythm and sound;
2. Definition of poetry
Poetry is a literary genre that communicates experience in the most condensed form.
Poetry is a multidimensional language: an intellectual dimension, an emotional d, a sensuous d, and an imaginative d. These dimensions work together to pass experience to the reader. Poetry tries to say the most in the fewest possible words.
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Rhyme and its scheme
Rhyme: In poetry or music, a structural or
semantic pattern formed by the repetition of syllables with identical or similar sounds. ---alliteration: time and tide, bread and butter; ----end rhyme : …boy,…joy……beauty,……duty.
2) a precise and fresh imagery; 3) multiple levels of interpretations suggested
by the connotations of the words and by allusions.
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4. Kinds of Poetry
--- meter : the number of feet; 音步 ,格律
monometre,dimetre, trimetre, tetrametre,pentametre,…..
--- rhythm: regular recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables.