How to understand how to read English poems easily

English poetry generally pays attention to rhyme, especially at the end of each sentence, which is a bit like Chinese flat, but not so regular, because the syllables of English words are very different from those of Chinese characters. Most English words are two or more syllables, while Chinese characters are all one syllable, so Chinese is certainly more neat.

But it's best to write a poem with kotaro oshio rhyme. For example, I just translated a poem for a classmate, which is not necessarily good. I have the right to make reference! In addition, the lyrics of many English songs are also kotaro oshio rhyme, you can have a look!

Recently, I found that I didn't have enough time.

Because there are new elements in my life.

Some friends began to complain.

Some of my plans have changed.

I will do my best.

To deal with other things.

this is true

There are always some things you can't do.

Even if you think you should

I feel that there is not enough time recently.

Because I added another element to my life.

So some friends began to complain about me.

Some of my own arrangements have also been squeezed out.

I will try my best to take care of everything.

There are really too many things to deal with.

-Quoted from Andy Tu

When I was studying English and American literature, I was not interested in English poetry. I feel that compared with our Tang poetry, Song poetry, Yuan Qu and Han Fu, the sense of music is far from good. ...

English itself is a language with a strong sense of rhythm, which is reflected by the frequency of stress.

English poetry includes metrical poems, blank poems and free poems.

In English metrical poems, light tone and stress appear according to certain rules. There are seven common types: one is light and the other is iambic; One heavy and one light is called Yang Yige; Emphasis on two light, known as yang suppression, suppression; Two lightness and one weight are called iambic; One syllable and two syllables are called Yangyang songs; One light syllable and two syllables are called suppression lattice; Three syllables, one light, one heavy and one light, are called iambic. We can judge the rhythm of a poem according to the stress law and the number of steps, that is, the so-called metrical analysis or step division.

Rhythm—

Poetry doesn't have to rhyme, but it must have rhythm. Rhythm is called rhythm in English, which comes from Greece and means flowing, that is, moving from one point to another. How can we analyze the rhythm of English poetry with phonological footwork? Take metrical poems as an example. First, divide each line into several syllables, distinguish which syllables are stressed and which are unstressed, find out the form of their arrangement, and the number of times this arrangement appears in a line, that is, the number of steps contained in the line.

The so-called rhyme means that the same or similar stressed syllables appear in two or more corresponding positions. The rhyme of English poetry can be divided into complete rhyme and approximate rhyme (also called lack of rhyme). Whole rhyme means that the rhyme feet must be placed on stressed syllables starting with different consonants, in which the vowels are the same, and the consonants or other unstressed syllables after this vowel must also be the same. There are three kinds of approximate rhymes, that is, the last consonant is the same and the vowels in front are similar but different; The consonants after the same vowel are different, indicating homophonic; Stress vowels are different, and all consonants are the same, which is called homophonic consonants.

Another poetic method related to rhyme is alliteration, that is, the same phoneme (mainly consonant) appears repeatedly at the beginning of some related words.

The rhythm of English poetry is complicated, and it can be divided into two types according to the position of rhyming sounds in the line: ending rhyme and in-line rhyme. In-line rhyme means that the stressed syllable in the middle of a line rhymes with the last stressed syllable in the line.

According to the number of rhyming syllables, the answer can be divided into:

Single rhyme, also known as male rhyme, is limited to the last syllable stressed in the line and is powerful.

Double rhyme, also known as female rhyme, rhymes on two connected syllables, which are unstressed syllables and often give people a sense of lightness and elegance.

Three rhymes, that is, three connected syllables rhyme, are often used in humorous poems and satirical poems.

English blank poems refer to poems that don't rhyme but have a fixed rhythm and length.

The main characteristics of English free verse are that it does not follow the traditional rhyme and meter, and the line length is irregular. Its rhythm unit is not the step, but the larger phrases, short sentences and even paragraphs.

In addition, English poetry often uses words that are only used in poetry, such as thine (yours).