英国文学之十四行诗第十八首Sonnet18

I TOPIC： Sonnet 18
II OBJECTIVES: A）Introduction to poetry B）Introduction to sonnet C）Study of Sonnet 18 D）Assignment
Definition of Poetry * distinctive style and rhythm; a genre of literature. * a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience
Lyric is a brief subjective poem strongly marked by imagination, melody and emotion, and creating a single unified impression.
Narrative poetry
Narrative poetry is one that tells a story or presents a narrative, whether simple or complex, long or short. Epics, ballads and metrical romances are among the many kinds of narrative poems.
Rhythm comes from the regular pattern of the stress and non-stress. According to the rules of the arrangement of the stresses and non-stresses, the most commonly used meter of English poetry is divided into: A. Iambic foot (Iamb) ( ∨ —) ( ∨ / ) 抑扬格
Rhythm
Poetry is often considered as the rhythmic
creation of beauty (Edgar Allen Poe). A poem is divided into stanza or strophe( 诗 节 ), which is subdivided into verse or line( 行 ). Each line is divided into several feet(音步). Foot is arranged according to the stress, and this forms the meter (格 律). In a foot, “-” symbolizes stress, which is called “ 扬 ” in Chinese, and “ˇ”symbolizes non-stress, which is called “抑” in Chinese.
D. Dactylic foot (Dacty1) (—∨ ∨ ) (/ ∨ ∨ ) 扬抑抑格 Slowly the mist o’er the meadow was creeping.
Dramatic poetry
A third kind of poetry is dramatic poetry which is written in the form of a speech of an individual character to an imaginary audience; it compresses into a single vivid scene a narrative sense of the speaker’s history and psychological insight into his character. This kind of poetry, as the term suggests, employs dramatic form or some element of dramatic technique.
in language
* a special emotional response through its meaning,
sound, and rhythm.
Types of Poetry
Lyric poetry Narrative poetry Dramatic poetry
Lyric poetry
If winter comes, can spring be far behind? B. Trochaic foot (Trochee) (— ∨ ) (/ ∨ ) 扬抑格
Every little stream is bright,
C. Anapestic foot (Anapest) ) ( ∨ ∨ —) ( ∨ ∨ / ) 抑抑扬格 For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams.
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The Language in Poetry
The Language in poetry may differ still further from that of prose. Since the function of poetry is to present IMAGES concretely, it is the responsibility of the poet to select language that succeeds in making those IMAGES concrete and the special words rich in connotative value and carrying implications of sound, color, and action— these are the special stock of the genuine POET.