Introduction to Poetry IntroductiontoPoetry Noform,nopoetry.•form/meaning Cummings 1(aleaffalls)oneliness 赵丽华“梨花体”毫无疑问我做的馅饼是全天下最好吃的 ——《一个人来到田纳西》Noform,nopoetry.•Itisnotamechaniccombinationofelements:rhythm,meter,rhyme,figurativelanguage,idea,butanorganicone,...
Literally, Billy Collins informs his readers to read poetry for enjoyment instead of dissecting it and trying to figure out a deeper meaning. Ironically, as a reader, I am still trying to dissect his poem. I realized that the word 'poem' can be substituted with the word 'snake' which com...
the speaker strongly asserting that all they (the readers, the teachers, the lecturers) do is harm poetry by restricting it, doing nasty things to it in the hope that they will find answers and meaning.
The author’s approach to reading poetry differs to how his students approach to poetry because his way of approaching to search themeaning in a poem himself. He listens and feels it. He thinks finding the meaning was like trying to walk out of a maze. “Isay drop a mouse into a poem...
But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means. By Billy Collins From Introduction To Poetry To HOME PAGE
IntroductiontoPoetry I.WhataPoemSays?1.1.ReadingaPoem Enjoymentvs.Appreciation Allstudyofpoetrystartswithreading.Itisonethingtogainpleasurefromapoemandquiteanothertobeabletosaywhyyoulikedit.Poetryshouldbereadaloud.1.2.FindingtheMeaning AssessingwhatthepoemisaboutThreeelements:Questioningthewordsandyourreactionto...
[讲解]An Introduction to Poetry PoetryAnInt roducti PoetryAn Intr oduction Poetry1.Kinds content(内容)】:1) Lyr ical Poems(抒情诗) Songs(韵文), odes (颂诗) ball ads(民歌)2) Narrat ive Poems(叙事诗) Epics (史诗) heroicpoems) ballads(民谣)3) PoetryAnInt roducti PoetryAnIntr oduction...
Diction Diction is the focus on the choice of words used within a poem. Word choice is very intentional in poetry, so each word was chosen for a specific reason that could bring different meaning to the poem as a whole depending on the connotations and denotations of word. Denotation- The...
Everything is Important in Poetry Poetry is the most compact(shortest) form of literature. In poetry, everything – the meaning and sounds of words, the line breaks, even the empty spaces – is designed to create an effect or to convey a message or an experience. ...
An Introduction to Poetry, A Complete Online Courseis designed for a first college course in poetry. Assuming a student whose understanding of the subject has not made it beyond prejudices about “openness of interpretation,”“expression of feeling,” and “emptiness of meaning,” it uses written...