Unit5PoemReadingandthinkingLet’sguess!GuessChinesepoemsaccordingtotheEnglishtranslationAbed,Iseeasilverlight,Iwonderifit’sfrostaground.Lookingup,Ifindthemoonbright;Bowing,inhomesicknessI’mdrowned.Iseekbutseekinvain,Isearchandsearchagain;Ifeelsosad,sodrear,solonely,withoutcheer.Ilookforherinvain.WhenallatonceIturnmyhead,Ifindhertherewherelanternlightisdimlyshed.VeryquietlyItakemyleaveAsquietlyasIcamehere;QuietlyIwavegood-byeTotherosycloudsinthewesternsky.Thefurthestdistanceintheworldisnotthewayfrombirthtotheend.ItiswhenIstandinfrontofyoubutyoudon’tunderstandIloveyou.

Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?Activity1:PredictingthemainideaAFewSimpleFormsofEnglishPoemsActivity2:SkimmingforthestructureDevidethepassageintoseveralpartsandsummarize

themainideaofeachpart.introductionDifferentformsDifferentformsConclusionDefinitionCharacteristicsTopicPoeticdevicesLearningtips:Howtoappreciate

poemsLearningtips:somecommonpoeticdevices.rhymerhythmArepetitionofsimilarsoundsintwoormorewords.E.g.phonehome;billpillhillmeal;Itcanbethebeatortheflowofapoem.syllableE.g.ShallI|comparethee|toasum|mer'sday?"重音（/）和輕音（?）（抑揚格）Learningtips:somecommonpoeticdevices.metaphor

similerepetitionComparingonethingtoanotherwithout“like”or“as”.Comparingonethingtoanotherwith“like”or“as”.E.g.Hehasaheartofstone.E.g.Lifeislikeadream.Usingthesamewordsorphrasesagainandagain.E.g.Rowrowrow

yourboat./?s?m?li/Howmanyformsofpoemsarementioned?Whatarethey?Nurseryrhymes童謠

Listpoem清單詩Cinquain五行詩Haiku俳句Tangpoetry唐詩Activity3:Readingfordetails

Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?A.ThereasonswhypeoplecomposepoemsB.DifferentformsofEnglishpoetryC.ThecharacteristicsofpoetryD.LiterarydevicesusedinEnglishpoetrytellastorydescribeacertainimageinthereader'smindtrytoconveycertainfeelingsActivity2:Readingfordetails

Thecharacteristicsofpoetryeconomicaluseofwords;descriptiveandvividlanguageintegratedimageryliterarydevicessuchassimilesandmetaphors

arrangementofwordsandlines,rhymes,rhythm.Activity3:Readingfordetails

NurseryRhymePoeticdevicesrepetitionrhymeCharacteristicsastrongrhythmrepeatthesamewordseasytolearnandreciteTopicLovebetweenfatherandbabyHush,littlebaby,don’tsayaword,Papa’sgoingtobuyyouamockingbird.

Ifthatmockingbirdwon’tsing,Papa’sgoingtobuyyouadiamondring.Ifthatdiamondringturnstobrass,Papa’sgoingtobuyyoualooking-glass.Ifthatlooking-glassgetsbroke,Papa’sgoingtobuyyouabilly-goat.Ifthatbilly-goatrunsaway,Papa’sgoingtobuyyouanothertoday.AListpoemCharacteristicsa______linelengthand_______phraseswhichgivebothapatternandarhythmtothepoem.DefinitionContainsalistof_____,______,_____,or___________thatdevelopaparticulartheme.thingspeopleideasdescriptionsflexiblerepeatedOnlyOneMotherHundredsof

starsinthedeepbluesky,Hundredsof

shellsontheshoretogether,

hundredsof

birdsthatgosingingby,Hundredsof

beesinthesunnyweather,Hundredsof

dewdropstogreetthedawn,Hundredsof

beesinthepurpleclover,Hundredsof

butterfliesonthelawn,Butonlyonemothertheworldover.Life

Lifecanbe

good,Lifecanbe

bad,Lifeismostlycheerful,Butsometimessad,Lifecanbe

dreams,Lifecanbe

greatthoughts,Lifecan

meanaperson,Sittingincourt.BCPoeticdevicesrepetitionrhymeWhatdoestherepetitionof‘Hundredsof’

highlight？Theuniqueness

ofmotherOnlyOneMotherHundredsofstarsinthedeepbluesky,Hundredsof

shellsontheshoretogether,hundredsof

birdsthatgosingingby,Hundredsof

beesinthesunnyweather,Hundredsof

dewdropstogreetthedawn,Hundredsof

beesinthepurpleclover,Hundredsof

butterfliesonthelawn,Butonlyonemothertheworldover.Life

Lifecanbe

good,Lifecanbe

bad,Lifeismostlycheerful,Butsometimessad,Lifecanbe

dreams,Lifecanbe

greatthoughts,Lifecan

meanaperson,Sittingincourt.BCCinquainItismadeupof_____lines.Line1:Line2:Line3:Line4:Line5:fiveConveyastrongpictureoracertainmood.

anoun(thetopic)twoadjectives(describethetopic)threeverbs(describeactions)fourwords(somethingrelated)aword(conclusion)BrotherBeautiful,athleticTeasing,shouting,laughingFriendandenemytooMineDCharacteristicsDefinition

AfallenblossomIscomingbacktothebranch.Look,abutterfly!(5個音節)(7個音節)(5個音節)HaikuEmetaphorCharacteristics1.consistof17syllables2.aformatof3lines(5,7,5)3.easytowrite4.togiveaclearpicture5.toconveyaspecialfeelingPoeticdevicesTangpoetry望夫石王建

望夫處，江悠悠，

化為石，不回頭。

山頭日日風復雨，

行人歸來石應語。metaphor

loveandwaitingPoeticdevicesTopicTranslation曾經滄海難為水除卻巫山不是云Activity4:CriticalThinking

Translatingpoemsindifferentlanguage許淵沖譯本（韻體派）：Nothingiswaterifyou'veseenthesea;NothingiscloudbutthoseofMountWube.Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI—Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathasmadeallthedifference.林中兩條路分岔，而我——我選了人跡更少的一條，這決定了一切不同。失去的意境：雙關隱喻：英文中“road”既指實際道路，也象征人生選擇；中文“路”雖可表意，但失去原句的音韻重復。節奏破壞：英文抑揚格（iambictetrameter）的韻律感在中文中難以復現。Let’shaveatry!