高中英语教学课件：2-knowledge-of-poetry.ppt

Knowledge of poetryKnowledge of poetry Major characteristicsI. Rhythm (韵律) II. foot (音步)III. Meter (格律)IV.Rime/rhyme (押韵)V. stanza (诗节) I. Rhythm (韵律)1.syllable: A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound (元音) and that is pronounced as a unit. So, for example, `book' has one syllable, and `reading' has two syllables. 2. Stress: a word or part of a word which should be pronounced with more force. I. Rhythm (韵律)3. Rhythm: In a line of poetry, when the stressed and unstressed syllables of all the words are arranged in a definite order, the line will rise and fall in a musical way. And this musical flow, or the rise and fall of language in poetry, is called “rhythm”. My heart is like a singing bird.O my Luve‘s like a red, red rose. II. foot (音步)1. Definition: foot is the unit of rhythm and contains two or three syllables, one of which is stressed.2. four kinds of foot:A. iambus (︶—): consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.e.g. Appear, besides , attack , supply. II. foot (音步)B. Trochee (—︶): consists of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.e.g. holy, upper, failingC. anapaest (︶︶—): consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.e.g. reappear, indistinct, incomplete, on the hillD. dactyl (—︶︶): consists of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. e.g. messenger, merrily, property, accident III. Meter (格律)1. The meter of a line of poetry is determined by the kind of foot used and by the number of feet in a line. The longest poetical line contains 8 feet. Monometer单音步诗行, dimeter二音步诗行, trimeter三音步诗行, tetrameter四音步诗行, pentameter五音步诗行, hexameter六音步诗行, heptameter七音步诗行, octameter八音步诗行 （八步格）. A line of five iambic feet is an iambic pentameter line.A line of six dactylic feet is a dactylic hexameter line.e.g. but every eye was fixed on her alone.On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore IV. Rhyme Rhyme is a repetition of the same sound at the end of two or