English poetry is vast, and the poems selected in this book are just a drop in the ocean. In writing this book, the author tries to cover the glorious course of English poetry and the main schools of English poetry. Among the 36 poems repeatedly screened, there are both realistic works and romantic works; There are both works embodying classical style and works embodying modern style. The poet is both an English and American poet and an Irish poet. It can be traced back to Shakespeare, the greatest poet and Renaissance master in English poetry, and now it can be traced back to dylan thomas, a surrealist poet born in the 1920s. When choosing poems, we will consider the level of readers who are unfamiliar with English poetry. Most of the selected poems are short and pithy. For some excellent long poems, the best parts are excerpted.
It is hoped that readers, especially college students, will improve their ability to appreciate English poetry, master the basic characteristics of English poetry, stimulate their interest in further study, and promote the comprehensive improvement of basic skills such as English listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation.
Poetry is a treasure in the treasure house of literature. Poets, with their own talents, combine content and form to create poems in the language of music, which is the swan song of the world. Good poems praise truth, goodness and beauty and cultivate people's sentiments.
Poetry challenges the limits of content and form, and cultivating readers' reading comprehension ability with poetry can undoubtedly achieve unexpected results. Zhu Guangqian, a master of aesthetics, once said that poetry is the essence of literature, all pure literature has the characteristics of poetry, and good art is poetry. He repeatedly stated that if you want to cultivate pure literary interest, it is best to start with poetry; If you can appreciate poetry, you can naturally appreciate novels, plays and other kinds of literature. He believes that "learning poetry is the best introductory training for learning general literature. It is not difficult to find ways in poetry and further study other kinds of literature. " According to the master's own experience, the study of poetry is not the ultimate training of language and literature, but the necessary training for beginners.
For English learners, poetry learning is of great benefit to improving their English level. English poetry embodies the basic features of English. Mastering the phonological characteristics of English poetry, that is, the rhythm formed by stress and unstressed (corresponding to the level tone of Chinese), is the key to mastering language listening and speaking. Reading English poems and understanding their basic features can cultivate English language sense. Just as children in China recite "300 Tang Poems" at the beginning of Chinese education, children who learn English learn English poems from an early age, which will exert a subtle influence on their future literary appreciation.