1、Period 3 Using language 2Unit 5 PoemsWhat is a poem?A poem is a composition with rhythmic balance expressing ideas or experiences or feelings. A poem is a literary work that is not in verse but deals with emotional or descriptive themes in a rhythmic form. A poem is a piece of writing in which the w
2、ords are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest. Do you know how to understand a poem?Make a list of questions that the readers should consider while reading poems. SubjectImagesToneRhythm and soundsFeelings and emo
3、tionsRhetorical devicesPossible points: Alliteration头韵头韵: repetition of a sound or letter at the start of multiple words in a sentence. Consonance尾韵尾韵: repetition of consonant sounds in proximity. Assonance谐音谐音: repetition of vowel or diphthong sounds in one or more words in proximity. Antithesis对偶对
4、偶: two opposites used for contrasting effect. Rhetoric/ Rhetorical question反问反问: asked to make a point rather than to expect an answer. Metaphor暗喻暗喻: comparing one thing to another Simile明喻明喻: comparing one thing to another, using “like” Refrain叠句叠句: repeating a line or verse at the end of a atanza
5、or at regular intervals. Anaphora首语重复首语重复: repetition of the first part of the sentence.Poetry uses lots of different devices. Here are some common forms:Appreciate the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken written by Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I
6、could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo 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 thereHad worn them really about
7、 the same.And both that morning equally layIn 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 sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the
8、 one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.未选择的路未选择的路 罗伯特罗伯特弗罗斯特弗罗斯特黄色的树林里分出两条路，黄色的树林里分出两条路，可惜我不能同时去涉足，可惜我不能同时去涉足，我在那路口久久伫立，我在那路口久久伫立，我向着一条路极目望去，我向着一条路极目望去，直到它消失在丛林深处。直到它消失在丛林深处。但我选了另外一条路，但我选了另外一条路，它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，显得更诱人，更美丽；显得更诱人，更美丽；虽然在这条小路上，虽然在这条小路上，很少留下旅人的足迹。很少留下旅人的足迹。那天清晨落叶
9、满地，那天清晨落叶满地，两条路都未经脚印污染。两条路都未经脚印污染。啊，留下一条路等改日再见！啊，留下一条路等改日再见！但我知道路径延绵无尽头，但我知道路径延绵无尽头，恐怕我难以再回返。恐怕我难以再回返。也许多少年后在某个地方，也许多少年后在某个地方，我将轻声叹息将往事回顾：我将轻声叹息将往事回顾：一片树林里分出两条路一片树林里分出两条路而我选择了人迹更少的一条，而我选择了人迹更少的一条，从此决定了我一生的道路。从此决定了我一生的道路。What does the poem tell about?The writer was facing two different roads in life
10、.The first path was a common route while the other was less traveled. He chose the second one and was ready to shoulder（承担） the result of his choice.WIND ON THE HILL No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. Its flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I could
11、nt keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding The string of my kite, It would blow with the wind For a day and a night. And then when I found it, Wherever it blew, I should know that the wind Had been going there too. So then I could tell them Where the wind goes . But where the wind co
12、mes from Nobody knows. A. A. MilneSubjectimagesRhyming wordsRhetorical deviceswindkitekite, night; goes, knows; can, ranrepetitionThe poet wrote this peom in the tone of a child.A MATCH If love were what the rose is, And I were the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather, Brown
13、 fields or flowerful closes, Green pleasure or grey grief; If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf. SubjectimagesRhyming wordsRhetorical devicesloverose; leaftogether, weather; is, closesmetaphor, contrast, repetitionsunny dayspath 配偶配偶 如果爱情好似香艳的玫瑰，如果爱情好似香艳的玫瑰， 而我好似它的叶片青翠，而我好似它的叶片青翠，
14、 我们的生命将在一起生长我们的生命将在一起生长 无论天气阴暗，或者晴朗，无论天气阴暗，或者晴朗，处在开花的原野，或者花径，处在开花的原野，或者花径， 感受绿色的欢乐，或者灰色的苦闷；感受绿色的欢乐，或者灰色的苦闷； 如果爱情好似香艳的玫瑰，如果爱情好似香艳的玫瑰， 而我好似它的叶片青翠。而我好似它的叶片青翠。 What does the poem tell about?Love and life are like the twins. Without love, life can be dull and colorless. Coversely, without life, love wont
15、 exist.DREAM 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. SubjectimagesRhyming wordsRhetorical devicesdreamhands;bird; fielddie, fly; go, snow; bird, fieldmetaphorDreams represent
16、s good ideals and hopes. Without dreams, life would be dead without purpose and direction.Dreams also represent the yearn for freedom, equality and civil rights of black Americans suffering from racial discrimination and the indispensable spiritual support of black people who endure oppression, expl
17、oitation and social injustice . The Theme of “Dreams” The poem Dream by Langston Hughes(Subject) is very short with only 8 lines. When I read the poem aloud I can hear that the ends of the second and forth sentences rhymedie“ and “fly”. The last word from the sixth and eighth sentences also rhyme “
18、go ” and snow ” These rhyming words sound nice and make the poem pleasing to read.(tone) When I close my eyes, I can see different images from the poem. For example, I can see hands being held. I can see a bird flying in the sky. I can see a field and I can imagine what it looks like with lots of sn
19、ow. I start to feel cold when I read these lines!(rhetorical devices) I learnt a new phrase , “hold fast” , which means to hold on something. Barren ” is also a new word to me, which means empty. I think the poet is giving us advice. He wants us to keep dreaming, because life is much better when we dream and have something to look forward to.(feeling/ what we learnt)A short essay about Dream
