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1、Unit1GeneralintroductionDefinitionofpoetryExternalsofpoetryInternalsofpoetryGenresofpoetryApproachestowardspoetrytextanalysisDefinitionofpoetryThemostcommonisthegenologicallevel,(genre)atwhichcriticsdefinepoetryasagenreofliterature,thecollectivebodyofcompositionstermedaspoe
2、ms.Atthislevel,poetryparallelsfictionanddrama,formingwiththemthegreatestthreeoftheconventionalliterarycategorieswhichdividethepagesofpopularliterarytextbooks,suchasAnApproachtoLiterature(FifthEdition,1975)byC.Brooks,J.T.Purser,andR.P.Warren.Anotheristhepopulartypographicall
3、evel.Aspoetryisdefinedallthatisprintedinthelineformonthepage,people,includingmanycriticsofcourse,taketheircuefromtheappearanceindecidingwhatispoetryandwhatisnot;andthus,accordingly,theywillfailorrefusetorecognizethepassagebelowaspoetry.HowdoIlovethee?Letmecounttheways.Ilove
4、theetothedepthandbreadthandheightmysoulcanreach,whenfeelingoutofsightfortheendsofBeingandidealGrace.……and,ifGodchoose,Ishallbutlovetheebetterafterdeath.Itisnotrecognizedaspoetrybecauseitdoesnotlooklikepoetry,asthereaderbelievesthatpoetryisthewayitisorlooks.Asamatteroffact,t
5、hepassageisanewtypographicalarrangementofasonnetbyE.B.Browning.Atthethirdlevel,thetechnicalrelatedtothetypographicalone,poetryisdefined,inwordsfromvariousdictionaries,as“metricalcomposition,”or“workinorofverse,”or“arrangementofwordsinverse,”or“rhythmicalcomposition,”or“metr
6、icalwriting,”or“writinginverseormetricallanguage.”Withthetermverse,thereexistsavastsystemofmetricaltechnology,concerningsuchdiverseaspectsasthefootformation,thelinestructure,thestanzaform,therhymetype,therhymescheme,andthesyntacticalform.ExternalsofpoetryTheExternalsofPoetr
7、y:VersificationandProsificationThisintroductionappliesthetermversificationinseveralsenses.Itisagreatconveniencetoquotedictionariesforclarification.1)themakingofverses;theact,art,orpracticeofmetricalcomposition2)a.metricalstructureb.aparticularmetricalstructureorstyle3)avers
8、ioninverseofsomethingorig.inproseAndthetermprosificationisutilizedasanoppositetove