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课件网) Unit 8 Literature Lesson 2 POETRY four lines in each stanza four stanzas the rhyming pattern: aaba-bbcb-ccdc-dddd structure meaning though 雪夜林畔小驻 译/余光中 我想我认得这座森林， 林主的房子就在前村； 却看不见我在此歇马， 看他林中飘满的雪景。 year 我的小马一定很惊讶， 周围望不见什么人家， 竟在一年最暗的黄昏， 寒林和冰湖之间停下。 meaning mistake 马儿摇响身上的串铃， 问我这地方该不该停。 此外只有轻风拂雪片， 再也听不见其他声音。 meaning sleep 森林又暗又深真可羡， 但是我已经有约在先， 还要赶多少路才安眠， 还要赶多少路才安眠。 meaning The poem describes the author travelling but stopping to appreciate the woods in the middle of the night. He has to keep going on his journey, because he has promises to keep. meaning dark, deep, lovely woods frozen lake the darkest evening snow/snowfall/ downy flake easy wind little horse farmhouse miles ahead … images An image is a picture in the reader’s mind aroused by the words in the poem. What images are used in the poems literacy devices He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistakes. personification And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. repetition metaphor (隐喻)：an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. literacy devices woods: nature, wonderful distractions, freedom … promises: duties, goals, dreams, tasks, responsibilities… sleep: take a rest, die … The poem expresses the poet's idea of the close relationship between man and nature. Although human survival depends on the nature, but at the same time as a social person, people have responsibilities to perform. The deeper meaning of the poem concerns the journey of life. Through this poem, Frost highlights the importance of being active and always being aware of the promise that one makes to oneself. effect Poetry begins in delight and ends in wisdom. Robert Frost ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost is quite a popular poem. With this poem, Frost has given the world a piece of writing that every individual can relate to, especially when it comes to the concept of choices and opportunities in life. Structure Meaning Images Literary devices Effect Skill Builder – Appreciating Poetry four stanzas five lines in each stanza the rhyming pattern: ABAAB structure The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost 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 fo ... ...
