1、Unit 8 LiteratureLesson 2 PoetryGuess the name of the poemA SPRING MORNINGI awake light-hearted this morning of spring,Everywhere round me the singing of birdsBut now I remember the night, the storm,And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.1. Whats your favourite poem, either in English or Chinese

2、? Read it aloud and the reasons why you like it.2. Why do people write poems? 3. Whats the beauty of poetry?4. What makes poetry particularly interesting?Twinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the skyWhen the blazing sun is gonewhen he nothi

3、ng shines uponThen you show your little lightTwinkle, twinkle, all the nightUnderstandiing poetrystanzalinerhymerhythem (a regular repeated pattern of sound)theme (is shown by images and through literary devices: simile, personification, metaphor, exaggeration)Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningWho

4、se woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.by Robert Frost (Amerian,18741

5、963)Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningHe gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sounds the sweepof easy wind and downy flakeThe woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promised to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.by Robert

6、 Frost (Amerian,18741963)Answer the questions1. Why did the writer stop by the woods?2. Why did the horse give the harness bells a shake?3. Why couldnt the writer stay longer in the woods?TranslationGroup workTry to translate the poem into Chinese雪夜林畔小駐我想我認得這座森林，林主的房子就在前村；卻看不見我在此歇馬，看他林中飄滿的雪景。我的小馬一定很

7、驚訝，周圍望不見什么人家，竟在一年最暗的黃昏，寒林和冰湖之間停下。 余光中雪夜林畔小駐馬兒搖響身上的串鈴，問我這地方該不該停；此外只有輕風拂雪片，再也聽不見其他聲音。森林又暗又深真可羨，但是我已經有約在先，還要趕多少路才安眠，還要趕多少路才安眠。 余光中The DaffodilsI wandered lonely as a cloud,That floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the tre

8、es,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shine,And twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending line,Along the margin of a bay;Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in springtly dance.by William Wordsworth (English, 17701850 Lake poets)The Daffodil

9、sThe waves beside them danced; but they outdid the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazedandgazedbut little thought,What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie,In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eye,which

10、 is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.by William Wordsworth (English, 17701850 Lake poets)黃水仙花獨行徐徐如浮云，橫絕太空渡山谷。忽然在我一瞥中， 金色水仙花成簇。開在湖邊喬木下，微風之中頻搖曳。有如群星在銀河，連成一線無斷續。一瞥之中萬多花，起舞翩翩頭點啄。湖中碧水起漣漪，湖泊踴躍無花樂。詩人對此殊激昂，獨在花中事幽躅！凝眼看花又看花，當時未解伊何福。晚上枕上意悠然，無慮無憂殊恍惚。情景閃爍心

11、眼中，黃水仙花賦禪悅；我心乃得溢歡愉，同花共舞天上曲。 郭沫若Answer the questions1.How did the poet feel before he saw the daffodils? How did he feel afterwards? What is the poets mood in the poem?2. What wealth did the daffodils bring to the writer?3. How is the beauty of the daffodils depicted in the poem?Discussion1. The them

12、e of the two poems.2. The literary devices the two poets used to express their feelings. Stopping by woods on a snowy EveningPersonification: He gives his harness bells a shakeAlliteration (頭韻):The woods are lovely, dark and deep,Repetition:And miles to go before I sleep,The DaffodilsAlliteration: Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Personification