英美诗歌 introduction.pptVIP

* What is poetry? A literary form Written in lines Rich imagery Great artistic appeal Beautiful harmony Compressed content An Introduction to English Poetry What is poetry ? “Poetry is, at bottom, a criticism of life” ------Matthew Arnold Property of speech that is “untranslatable”. ----Robert Frost “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” --William Wordsworth. What is poetry ? “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.” ----T. S. Eliot “I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is prose: words in their best order; -poetry: the best words in the best order.” ----Coleridge What makes a good poem? “There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is most important of all to reach the heart of the reader.” ----Robert Frost A good poem generally captures images vividly and in an original, refreshing way, while weaving together an intricate combination of elements like theme tension, complex emotion, and profound reflective thought. What makes a good poem? “诗是文学的精华，一切纯文学都有诗的特质。” ---朱光潜 A good poem generally captures images vividly and in an original, refreshing way, while weaving together an intricate com