Unit 6 How to Write a Rotten Poem with Almost No Effort课文翻译综合教程三

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1、Unit6HowtoWriteaRottenPoemwithAlmostNoEffortRichardHowey1Soyouwanttowriteapoem.You’vehadarottendayoranastoundingthoughtoracaraccidentorasqualidloveaffairandyouwanttorecorditforalltime.Youwanttoorganizethoseemotionsthatarepoundingthroughyourveins.Youhavesomething

2、tocommunicateviaapoembutyoudon’tknowwheretostart.2This,ofcourse,istheproblemwithpoetry.Mostpeoplefinditdifficulttowriteapoemsotheydon’teventry.What’sworse,theydon’tbotherreadinganypoemseither.Poetryhasbecomeanalmosttotallyforeignartformtomanyofus.Asaresult,serio

3、uspoetseitherstarveorworkasaccountexecutives.Thereisnomiddleground.Goodpoetsandpoemsarelostforeversimplybecausethereisnomarketforthem,nopeoplewhowritetheirownverseandseekoutfurtherinspirationfromotherbards.3Fortunately,thereisasolutionforthisproblem,astherearefo

4、rallimponderables.Theansweristomakeiteasyforeveryonetowriteatleastonepoeminhislife.Onceapersonhaswrittenapoem,ofwhateverquality,hewillfeelcomradeshipwithfellowpoetsand,hopefully,readtheirworks.Ideally,therewouldevolveaveritablesocietyofpoet-citizens,whichwouldel

5、evatethequalityoflifeworldwide.Notonlythat,goodpoetscouldmakealivingforachange.4So,tobegin,haveyourpaperready.Youmustfirstunderstandthatthepoemyouwriteherewillnotbebrilliant.Itwon’tevenbemediocre.Butitwillbebetterthan50%ofallsonglyricsandatleastequaltooneofRodMc

6、Kuen’sbestefforts.Youwillbeinstructedhowtowriteafour-linepoembutthebasicstructurecanberepeatedatwilltocreateworksofepiclength.5Thefirstlineofyourpoemshouldstartandendwiththesewords:“Inthe—ofmymind.”Themiddlewordofthislineisoptional.Anywordwilldo.Itwouldbebestnot

7、touseawordthathasbeenoverdone,suchas“windmills”or“gardens”or“playground.”Justthinkofasmanynounsasyoucanandseewhatfitsbest.Theruleofthumbistopickanounthatseemstotallyoutofcontext,suchas“filingcabinet”or“radiator”or“parkinglot.”Justremember,themoreunusualthenoun,t

8、hemoreprofoundtheimage.6Thesecondlineshouldusetwoormoreofthehumansensesinaconflictingmanner,asperthefamous,“listentothewarm.”Thisisasurewaytoconjureup“poetic”feelinga