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1、IntroductiontoEnglishPoetryI.IntroductoryRemarksPoetryisaliteraryformwithalonghistory.Itbeganwhenlanguagebegan;itdevelopedashistorydeveloped.Englishpoetry,likethepoetryofothernations,cameintobeinginthecourseoflabor.Unlikefiction,prose,dramaorotherliteraryforms,poetryischa
2、racterizedbyitstersenessandcompactness.Ithasgreaterartisticappealthanotherliteraryformsinexpressingouremotionsandloftyideals,andinreflectingthereality.Inaddition,poetryiseasilysungandrememberedthereforeithasalwaysbeenpopularamongthepeople.II.FeaturesofPoetryGenerallyspeak
3、ing,poetryischaracterizedby:A.FocusontheexpressionofemotionToconveyemotionisthebasicfeatureofpoetry.Poeticlanguagehastobeverybriefandrhythmical,withharmoniousrhymescheme,richemotionalcolor,andmusicalbeauty.B.RichimageryImagesarepicturesinwords.Agoodpoem,evenagoodline,ofte
4、nembodiesvividimages,whichtouchtheheartstringofthereader,enablinghimtothinkofaclosesuccessionofotherimages.AllthesoliloquiesinHamletarewritteninblankverse.ThemostimportantimageinvolvedisthatDenmarkisaprison.Fromtheterm“papertiger”,wemaygettheimagethattheimperialismlooksfi
5、ercebutactuallyveryweak.C.HighlycompactcontentInordertohaveadirectappealtothereader,poetryneedsmakeuseofthefewest,themostaccurate,andthemostexpressivewords,toreflectsocietyintheshortestpossiblelengthandconveythepoet’sfeelingintermsofbriefandclearsummary.Itissaidthatbrevit
6、yisthesoulofpoetry.D.RichnessinthebeautyofharmonyAtthebeginning,poetrywasinseparablefrommusic.Infact,poetryandmusicwereonceunitedasasingleart.Theguidingprincipleofthisearlyartwasharmony.Rhythmisaveryimportantfactorforthebeautyofharmony.Itisthemusicalflowoflanguage.Rhythmi
7、sthedistinguishingfeatureofpoetry.Withoutrhythm,therewillbenopoem.Butwithoutrhymes,wemaystillhavepoems,forexample,blankverse.III.KindsofPoetryAsfarasthecontentisconcerned,therearethreemainkindsofpoetry:A.LyricpoetryLyricsareusuallyshortpoemswhichexpressthepoet’sintenseper
8、sonalemotions.InancientGreece,thiskindofpoetrywasintendedtobesungtotheaccompanimentofthelyreorot
