Motherland and Men in Black Talking about Rivers are two foreign poems expressing patriotism and homesickness. Russian poet lermontov expressed his "strange love" for his motherland in a unique way. The whole poem sees the true feelings in the plain, in the most ordinary scenery and in the most ordinary farm life, which contains the poet's pure and sincere feelings. Black people talking about rivers is a bold black poet Langston. Hughes' famous poems. The river in the poem is a highly concise image. We can understand it as a symbol of history. Black people's tracing back to the river is a trace of their own history and a search for their ancestors and homes. The whole poem is proud of its profundity.
In the teaching of text reading, students should be guided to understand the exotic interests expressed in the works, such as Russian customs and habits, black civilization history and so on. In the process of teaching and reading, we should combine the characteristics of the two poets' respective countries and races, and choose appropriate reading AIDS to help students understand and recognize intuitively. Grasping the significance of artistic images in poetry and the thoughts and feelings expressed by poets are the focus of teaching. Due to the different national and cultural backgrounds, it is difficult to accurately grasp the poet's thoughts and feelings and go deep into the artistic conception of poetry. In teaching and reading, students should be organized to read repeatedly in various forms to understand the content and formal characteristics of poetry.