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课件网) 人教版（2019）选择性必修三 Unit 5 Poems Reading and Thinking Appreciate different forms of English poems Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: read a brief introduction on some simple forms of English poems; grasp the structure of this expository writing; learn to appreciate different forms of English poems. What is a poem In children’s eyes: A poem is _____. A poem is lovely _____. A poem is _____. A poem can be _____ and can be _____. A poem makes you _____. for everyone to share quiet feel like singing laaaa … colourful really loud In some famous poets’ eyes: Poet Percy Bysshe Shelly defined poetry as “the expression of imagination.” Robert Frost said that a poem forms when “an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Lead-in THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Compared to other forms of literature, poetry tends to be shorter though a poem can be very long. Words are used differently, not in sentences and paragraphs like in novels, but lines and stanzas. Often grammar and punctuation are ignored or used differently. Poetry is more emotional, and the possibilities are much more open than in prose. Look at the following nursery rhyme (童谣). Compared with other forms of literature such as the novel, drama, and the short story, what are the characteristics of poetry Before you read, discuss the questions with your partner. Pre-reading Why do you think people write poems to tell a story to encourage people to express feelings to recall an enjoyable or unpleasant incident to express a point of view to create images for the readers How does the author organize this text Para. 1: the introduction Para. 2-6: Para. 7: the conclusion A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS forms of poem The reasons why people compose poetry nursery rhymes list poems cinquain haiku Tang poetry Encourage people to try to compose poetry While-reading Skim the text and analyze its structure. How do you comprehend poetry Poetry comprehension Poems paint pictures with words through the use of figures of speech and metaphors, so to understand a poem fully, you have to imagine in your mind the picture the poem is painting. Further, the sounds, rhyt ... ...
