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课件网) Unit 4 Exploring poetry Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) Poetry is an expression of one’s will. What is kept in the heart is the will, but when expressed in words, it is poetry. ——— “Preface to The Book of Songs” 诗者，志之所在也，在心为志，发言为诗。 ——— 《毛诗序》 Poetry A Spring Morning By Meng Haoran This spring morning in bed I’m lying, Not to awake till birds are crying. After one night of wind and showers, How many are the fallen flowers! (Translated by Xu Yuanchong) Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. How do you like the two poems What other poems or poets do you know about What aspects of a poem do you pay attention to when you read it Form Rhythm Rhyme Words … How to read a poem Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Global reading Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 How to reveal poetry’s hidden dimension Follow your ears Approach the poem like an explorer Have patience to interpret the meaning of a poem. Remember it’s not necessary to fully understand a poem Enjoy the journey in the world of poetry Detailed reading Para. 2 Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. low, blow, go, blow, Rhyming words How do you feel when you read them aloud Repeated sea me Detailed reading Para. 3 Ask some basic questions about the poem Who is talking Who is being talking to What is being described Is there a sense of place Are there other people or objects there Images What happens when images are put together Detailed reading Para. 3 The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. Images What is being described What images come into your mind when you are reading it Detailed reading Para. 4 Have some patience to interpret the meaning of a poem Read it more than _____. Go on a journey to a _____ and _____ destination. It can be a _____ job. Set it _____ and come back to it later. Your efforts will be _____. Poems that are easy to understand are often less _____ than those that constantly reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings. once lifelong aside remote unknown rewarded interesting Para. 4 Detailed reading Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. Why did the poet stop by woods on a snowy evening Detailed reading Para. 5 _____ its true inner beauty _____ logical thinking _____ something or _____ another level of meaning Discover Abandon Feel Perceive necessary Not _____ to fully understand a poem Para ... ...
