1、Unit 4 Exploring poetryLi Bai and his romantic poetryExtended reading To find out the textual structure of the essay and retell the essay based on it To sum up the causes that formed Li Bais romantic style in his poetry To give a list of the features of Li Bais romantic style To appreciate Li Bais p
2、oems and recognize his romantic style in themWatch the video about one of Li Bais poems and fill in the table.Read the poem and fill in the table.English versionChinese versionTitleA Night Stay at a Mountain TemplePoetLi Bai李白李白【唐唐】PoemA hundred feet the temple towers;I can reach out for the stars i
3、n the sky.But I dare not speak in a voice loud,For fear of scaring dwellers on high.夜宿山寺夜宿山寺危楼高百尺，危楼高百尺，手可摘星辰。手可摘星辰。不敢高声语，不敢高声语，恐惊天上人。恐惊天上人。Read the essay and fill in the mind map.Li Bai and his romantic poetryPart1 Para.1Introduction to Li Bais romantic style Part2Paras.2-4_Paras.2&3Personal experi
4、encesPara.4_Part3Para.5_Part4Para.6_ The shaping of Li Bais romantic styleHistorical backgroundAnalysis of Li Bais romantic styleThe significance of Li Bai and his poemsListen to the essay and answer the questions.1.What contributed to Li Bais romantic style?2.When did Li Bai begin his travelling ar
5、ound?3.What are the features of Li Bais romantic style poems?His love of reading and travelling from an early age.In his early twenties.There are various features of Li Bais romantic style,such as the rich imagination,free expression of strong feelings,plus the wide use of exaggeration,metaphor and
6、other artistic techniques.4.How does Li Bai show his imagination in his poetry?5.Whats the biggest difference between Li Bai and other landscape poets?Li Bai shows his imagination through the moon and stars,the natural landscapes and the figures in legends.Li Bai breathes vitality into the lifeless
7、objects he describes,which is his free expression of strong feelings.Suggested answerLi Bai started writing poetry from a young age.He wrote many poems inspired by what he read and what he saw when he was travelling,which helped him gain a reputation as a romantic poet.Write a summary of the essay o
8、n Li Bais life and poetry.Growing up during the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty also impacted Li Bais poems greatly.Most of his poetry is of the romantic style,featuring rich imagination,free expressions of strong feelings and wide use of artistic techniques like exaggeration and metaphor.L
9、is works influenced generations of poets.Today they continue to inspire new generations of poets in China and abroad and are still enjoyed by many readers.Watch the video about the essay and answer the questions.1.Look at the first sentences of Paragraphs 2 to 6.What can you find?2.Why is the exampl
10、e of Ezra Pound used in the last paragraph?They are the topic sentences of each paragraph,which introduces the main idea of the paragraph.Ezra Pound is a 20th-century American poet.His fascination for Li Bais poems is a typical example to explain Li Bais significance and influence,which is beyond ti
11、me and space.3.Whats the function of Li Bais two poems quoted in this essay?The poem“A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple”is used as the opening part of this essay to draw readers attention and arouse their interest.This poem is also used to show the romantic style of Li Bai,which will be touched upon
12、in the rest of the essay.The poem“Autumn Frost”is cited as an example to support the authors analysis:Li Bais poem is full of imagination,free expression of strong feelings and artistic techniques.My silver hair is three thousand feet long,Because my sorrow is deep and strong.How can the autumn fros
13、t whiteBe cast into the mirror bright?(“Autumn Frost”)Read the poem“Autumn Frost”and answer the questions.1.What message does this poem convey?The poem conveys the poets inner sorrow and his feelings of depression.LinesArtistic techniquesMy silver hair is three thousand feet long,Because my sorrow i
14、s deep and strong.How can the autumn frost whiteBe cast into the mirror bright?Autumn Frost2.What artistic techniques are used in this poem?exaggerationfree expression of strong feelingsrich imagination,metaphor Read the poem aloud and give the Chinese version of it.Leaving the White Emperor Town at
15、 Dawn Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud,Ive sailed a thousand miles through canyons in a day.With monkeys sad adieus the riverbanks are loud;My skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away.(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)This poem displays Li Bais well-known romantic style.The first
16、 line,“Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud”,makes me see an image of Li Bai leaving a mountaintop town in his boat on a beautiful morning.Analyse the poem by Li Bai to find out more about his romantic style.Suggested answerThe second line,“Ive sailed a thousand miles through canyons
17、 in a day”and the fourth line“My skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away”,suggest that the poet moved away from White Emperor Town and in the direction of the canyons and that he covered many miles a day.In these lines,Li Bais use of exaggeration reflects his romantic style clearly.The third
18、line uses vivid imagery that assists the reader to understand the sound Li Bai heard from the countless monkeys found along the Yangtze River:“With monkeys sad adieus the riverbanks are loud”.Furthermore,along with the fourth line,it gives me the sense of how fast his boat was moving down the river
19、as well as how happy and excited Li Bai felt.The free expression of strong feelings is really impressive.This poem also shows where he was travelling and how his travel greatly inspired his poetry.Choose one of Li Bais poems and find out more about his romantic style.Write a passage about your understanding of it.
