上海交通大学：《英美名诗赏析》教学资源_2015-16通识课英美名诗赏析_week5_week 5homework

CHAPTER2:遗祠和造句 DICTION AND SYNTAX Diction:choice of words Syntax:(rules for the)arrangement of words into phrases and phrases into sentences

Diction: choice of words Syntax: (rules for the)arrangement of words into phrases and phrases into sentences

"You can't make a poem with ideas;you make it with words!

“You can’t make a poem with ideas; you make it with words!

CONCRETE VS.ABSTRACT Concrete words refer to what we can immediately perceive with our senses:dog,actor,chemical,or particular individuals who belong to those general classes

+ Concrete words refer to what we can immediately perceive with our senses: dog, actor, chemical, or particular individuals who belong to those general classes

Abstract words express ideas or concepts:love,time,truth. In abstracting,we leave out some characteristics found in each individual,and instead observe a quality common to many

+ Abstract words express ideas or concepts: love, time, truth. + In abstracting, we leave out some characteristics found in each individual, and instead observe a quality common to many

The word beauty,for instance, denotes what may be observed in many persons,places,and things

+ The word beauty, for instance, denotes what may be observed in many persons, places, and things

Read a poem entitled BEAUTY and pay attention to the use of both concrete words and abstract words

+ Read a poem entitled BEAUTY and pay attention to the use of both concrete words and abstract words

BEAUTY Beauty is seen In the sunlight, The trees,the birds, Corn growing and people working Or dancing for their harvest

Beauty is seen In the sunlight, The trees, the birds, Corn growing and people working Or dancing for their harvest

Beauty is heard In the night, Wind sighing,rain falling, Or a singer chanting Anything in earnest

Beauty is heard In the night, Wind sighing, rain falling, Or a singer chanting Anything in earnest

Beauty is in yourself. Good deeds,happy thoughts That repeat themselves In your dreams,in your work, And even in your rest

Beauty is in yourself. Good deeds, happy thoughts That repeat themselves In your dreams, in your work, And even in your rest

WEEK 5 HOMEWORK Everyone chooses an abstract word, imitate the poem BEAUTY and write a poem of 3 stanzas. Print the poem in the required format and hand in next Tuesday

+ Everyone chooses an abstract word, imitate the poem BEAUTY and write a poem of 3 stanzas. + Print the poem in the required format and hand in next Tuesday