English PoetryEnglish PoetryMain ideaMain idea::1.General introduction to poetry(para.1) 1.General introduction to poetry(para.1) making comparison using images making comparison using images 2.Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhym 2.Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme(para.2)giving examples explanatione(para.2)giving examples explanation 3.Introduction of the history of English poetry in chronologi 3.Introduction of the history of English poetry in chronological order(para.3,4 and 5) giving examples making comparical order(para.3,4 and 5) giving examples making comparisonson4.Poems and literature can be bridges between the East an4.Poems and literature can be bridges between the East and the West(para.6 and 7)giving examples using imagesd the West(para.6 and 7)giving examples using images

Read the text and find out what the words in Read the text and find out what the words in bold refer to.bold refer to.That —poetry plays with sounds,words and That —poetry plays with sounds,words and grammargrammar

its its ——English poetry’sEnglish poetry’s

theirtheir——English Romantic poets’ such as WorEnglish Romantic poets’ such as Wordsworth,Byron,Shelley and keatsdsworth,Byron,Shelley and keats

theythey——modern poetsmodern poets

TheyThey——Poems and literaturePoems and literature

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