如何写好一首英语诗

And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shall die.
• John Donne
• the 17th century English metaphysical poet
Death be not proud
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
by John Donne
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
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But I have promises to keep,
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And miles to go before I sleep,
是指一行(节)诗中几个词开头的辅音相同，形成押韵。下例中运 用/f/、 /b/与/s/头韵生动写出了船在海上轻快航行的景象。
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king;
• Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
• Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing:
• 2) 交叉韵：abab型。
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Sunset and evening star,
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And one clear call for me!
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And may there be no moaning of the bar,
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When I put out to sea,
• 3) 同韵：有的诗押韵，一韵到底，大多是在同一 节诗中共 用一个韵脚。如下例就共用/i:p/为韵 脚。
HOW TO WRITE AN ENGLISH POEM?
最常见，最重要的押韵方式。 1) 联韵：aabb型。
I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight.
This is a sonnet (十四行诗；商籁诗) in Italy.The beginning of this poetry is abrupt, which expresses the scorn and contempt of death. Death is the end of life, many people show extreme fear to death, because they think the death is associated with the dark hell.
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
• The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, • The furrow followed free, • We were the first that ever burst • Into that silent sea.
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(同元音)
指词与词之间元音的重复形成的内部押韵。下面一 节诗中/i/及/iη/重复照应，呈现出一派欢乐祥和 的气氛。
However, in Donne's view, there's nothing to be afraid of death. He regarded death as sleep, as the path to "awakening" forever. Death is just from the limited life to the process of the eternity.