If winter comes, can spring be far behind?Shelley--- Ode to the west wind ( 西风颂 )Unit2 PoemsWords and expressionsThose sweet memories Try to think back and remember some poems from your early childhood. Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any? Quiz in Chinese traditional poemsCan you recite the Chinese traditional poems according to their English translation?Let’s have competition.If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!问君能有几多愁,恰似一江春水向东流。 ——— 李煜《虞美人》How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high.水调歌头明月几时有?把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙,今夕是何年? ——— 苏轼I look for her in vain.When all at once I turn my head,I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.众里寻他千百度, 蓦然回首, 那人却在, 灯火阑珊处。青玉案 . 元夕--- 辛弃疾Till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, To bring me my shadow and make us three. 举杯邀明月,对影成三人。 Wildfire never quite consumes them -- They are tall once more in the spring wind. 野火烧不尽,春风吹又生。Twinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the skyRhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems.Can you find something like a poem?A Few Simple Forms of English PoemsReadingReading英诗的种类从诗的内容和形式两方面看 , 英诗可分为 :1史诗 ( Epic)2戏剧诗 ( Dramatic poems)3故事诗 ( Metrical Tale)4民谣 (Ballad)5抒情诗 (lyric)6说理诗 (Didactic poems)7模仿诗 (Parody)8打油诗 (Clerihews)这四种为叙事诗(Narrative poems)1. Why do peopl...