A few Simple A few Simple Forms Forms of English Poemsof English Poems

Unit 2 Unit 2 poemspoems

Poems recitation

The Dream (By Samuel Taylor

Coleridge)

What if you slept?

And what if, In your sleep

You ________? And what if,

In your dream, You went to ______

And there plucked

A strange and

Beautiful ______? And what if,

When you _____,

You had the flower

In your _____? …Ah, what then?

dreamed

heaven

flower

awoke

hand

Next let’s listen to a beautiful poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and fill in the blanks.

Step1 Warming UpDo you know these poets? Do you know other information about them?( eg. where, when, what, etc.)

Chinese Ancient Poets

Qu Yuan Du Fu Li Bai《离骚》 《春望》 静夜思

Chinese Ancient Poets

Wang Wei Bai Juyi Su Dongpo《相思》 《草》《暮江吟》 《念奴娇》

Chinese Modern Poets

Guo Moruo《凤凰涅槃》 Wen Yiduo《死水》 Ai Qing《大堰河》

Chinese Modern Poets

《雨巷》Dai Wangsu

《再别康桥》Xu Zhimo

《致橡树》Su Ting

Ancient poets in England

William Shakespeare (1564 ～ 1616) 154 sonnets

George Gordon Byron (1788—1824 )Don Juan 《唐璜》

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 ～ 1822)Ode to the West Wind

Other famous poets in foreign countries

Robert Frost (1874 ～ 1963)America《荒野》 （ Desert Places ）

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882 ）America

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) IndiaJitanjali （吉檀枷利）Stray Bird （飞鸟集）

There are many reasons why people write poems. We’ve learned a lot of Chinese poems before, can you list some of the reasons?

to tell a storyto express feelingsto make others laughto create images in the readersto express a point of viewto make the reader experience the sight, sounds, smells, feel and taste of somethingto create a moodto play with wordsto practice writing….

A. 枫桥夜泊B. 赠汪伦C. 回乡偶书D. 相思E. 过零丁洋F. 静夜思

1to show the poet’s determination to fight to the end

2 tell readers to value love

3 to tell a story of an old man coming home which he left long ago

4 to describe friendship

5 convey(show) the poet’s feeling of homesickness.

6 describe a night scene

（唐、张继）（唐、李白）

（唐、贺知章）

（唐、王维）

（宋、文天祥）（唐、李白）

Step2 Pre-reading

1.Let’s enjoy a song first. Can you find something like a poem?Twinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the sky

2.Go over the poems quickly and tick the correct box/boxes of each question.

Rhyme like a poem and have a strong rhythm

Which poem A B C D E F G H

describes a person?

tells a story?

describes an aspect of a season?is about a sport?

is about things that don’t make sense?is recited to a baby?describes a river scene?

has rhyming words?

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Five kinds of poems

Nursery rhymes Cinquain

List poems

Haiku

Tang poems

Step3 ReadingTask1 Fast readingHow many kinds of poems did the text mention? What are they?

Task2 Second reading1. Listen to the text first2. Among the eight poems mentioned in the text, which

two poems have a strong rhythm? Listen again, pay attention to the beats.

3. Which two poems have rhyming lines? Circle the pairs of rhyming words.

Nursery RhymesHush, little baby ,don’t say a word,Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird,If that mocking bird 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’s going to buy you another today.

List PoemsI saw a fish-pond all on fireI saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high,I saw a cottage in the sky,I saw a balloon made of lead,I saw coffin drop down dead,I saw two sparrows run a race,I saw two horses making lace,I saw a girl just like a cat,I saw a kitten wear a hat,I saw a man who saw these too,And said though strange they all were true.

Task3 Careful reading

Listen to poem A and choose the best answer

1.What’s the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? A. a mocking bird B. a diamond ring C. looking glass D. a billy-goat

2. What is Papa going to buy for the baby if that billy-goat runs away? A. a looking glass B. today C. another billy-goat D. nothing

Listen to poem C and answer the questions

1.What sports do you think the speaker is writing about?

2.Did his or her team win the game?3.How many excuses did they make to

explain why they didn’t win?4. Does the speaker really believe his or her

own excuse? How do you know?

FootballNo

Nine

No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win.

5.Do you ever give excuses when you don’t win or do something?

Where she awaits her husbandOn and on the river flows.Never looking back,Transformed into stone.Day by day upon the mountain top,Wind and rain revolve.Should the journeyer return,This stone would utter speech. -----by Wang Jian

Listen to poem H

What’s the poem about? Work in pairs and try to retell the story in your own words.What do you think are the woman’s feelings? A. loneliness B. joy C. love D. trust E. anger F. hate G. sorrow

Let me try!Let me try!

望夫石 王 建 望夫处，江悠悠， 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风覆雨 行人归来石应语。

The woman may have the feelings of :loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain.Trust: she believed her husband would come back one day.Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.Task4 Discuss and fill in the chart

forms of poem characteristics

Nursery rhymesList poems

Cinquain

Haiku

Tang Poems

strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite

repeated phrases and some rhyme

made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words

made up of 17 syllables , give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.

have a free form

Step4 Post-reading1.Learn to write a cinquain

Brother Beautiful ,athleticTeasing, shouting ,laughing Friend and enemy too mine

a name (subject of the poem)two adjs ( describe the subject ）

three verbs ending with –ing (describe actions)

four words (opinions or feelings)restates the subject in anther single word

Summer Sleepy, saltyDrying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless

2.Learn other types of poems

Other types of English poems: Epic ( 史诗 )Dramatic poems （戏剧诗）Metrical tale （故事诗）Ballad （民谣）以上四种为叙事诗（ Narrative poems), 此外还有：Lyric （抒情诗）Didactic poems （说理诗）Parody （模仿诗）Clerihews （打油诗）

An example of clerihews:

Our art teacher, Mr. Shaw, Really knows how to draw.But his awful paintings ,Have caused many faintings.

打油诗必须风趣幽默，不必担心音节和单词的数量，甚至不必考虑整首诗的节奏。规则很简单，一首诗包含四句：第一和第二句押韵，第三句和第四句押韵；第一句以人名结尾，第二句以和人名押韵的词结尾。 pattern: a a b b

A large lady from Corfu,Wished to travel to Peru.But Whether buses or trainsOr boarding aero-planes,There wasn’t a door she’d get through.

pattern:rhyme: a a b b a

走进一间房，四面都是墙，抬头见老鼠，低头见蟑螂！

limerick

Step5 Summing Up1.At the beginning we have known some famous poets and the reasons why people write poems.

2.Next we’ve learned the five kinds of English poems. Which five ,you remember?

3.In the reading text we analyzed the eight English poems, and we knew the features of each kind.

4.Then I taught you how to write cinquain and clerihews.

1.Recite three of the eight poems in reading text.

2.Try to write a cinquain poem and a clerihew.

3.Learn the new words and expressions in the reading text.

Homework: