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Unit 2 Poems
“红藕香残玉簟秋。轻解罗裳,独占兰舟。 云中谁寄锦书来,雁字回时,月满西楼。 花自飘零水自流。一种相思,两处闲愁。 此情无计可消除,才下眉头,却上心头。
Which poem
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
describes a person?
tells a story?
describes an aspect of a season?
is about sport?
is about things that don’t make sense?
is recited to a baby?
describes a river scene?
has rhyming words at the end of lines?
repeats words and phrases?
Reading
The reading passage discusses five kinds of poems. What are they?
Five kinds of poems
Nursery rhymes
童谣
Cinquain
五行诗
List poems
清单诗
Tang poems
唐诗
Haiku
俳句诗
Poetry is a great form of literature. There are different kinds of rules for poems, so the forms of poems are quite different from country to country. The passage in Reading will tell us something about forms of English poems. Now read the text on P 10 and find out information plete the following form.
Forms of poems
Features
Nursery rhymes(A)
List poems (B and C)
Cinquain (D and E)
Haiku (F and G)
Tang poems (H)
Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite
Repeated phrases and some rhymes
Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words
Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words
The translations have a free form.
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa is going to buy you another today.
Listen to the tape and find the words that rhyme:
word
sing
broke
mockingbird
ring
brass
Looking-glass
billy-goat
away
today
Poem A
1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken?
2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?
He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat.
He’s going to buy the baby another billy-goat