A Few Simple Forms of English Poems
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Twinkle, twinkle little st ar , poem 诗歌
How I wonder what you are .
Up above the world so h igh , poet 诗人 convey 表达
Like a diamond in the sk y .
rhyme rhythm
押韵
节奏

Cinquain
五行诗
童谣
Nursery rhyme
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俳句诗
Haiku
List poems
清单诗
Tang poem
唐诗

Hush, little baby, don’t say a word ,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird .
If that mockingbird won’t sing ,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring .
If that diamond ring turns to brass ,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking-glass .
If that looking-glass gets broke ,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat .
If that billy-goat runs away ,
Papa’s going to buy you another today .

Questions
1.What kind of poem is poem A?
2.Is poem A for children or adult ?
3. What are the characteristics of it ?
(discuss)

3.Nursery poem has some characteristics such as （多选 )
A. Rhyme
B. the language is concrete but imaginative
C. easy to learn and recite
D. for adults

Poem H
Where she awaits her husband
On and on the river flows
Never looking back
Transformed into stone
Day by day upon the mountain top
Wind and rain revolve.
Should the traveller return,
This stone would utter speech.
-----by Wang jian
望夫处，江悠悠 ,
化为石，不回头。
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。
A.
蝶恋花
B.
竹枝词
C.
望夫石
D.
一剪梅

The poem H belongs to ____
A Nursery poem
B. List poem
C Haiku poem
D. Tang poem

How many feelings of the woman can we learn from
Poem H
?
（多选）
A. loneliness B. joy
C. love D.sorrow

A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake)
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful of happy children
(by Issa)

What can you see by reading Poem F ?
A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!

What can you see by reading poem G?
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful of happy children

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in poem F?
A. Child.
B. A branch.
C. A butterfly.
D. A blossom.

2. What kind of feeling is conveyed ( 表达 ) in poem G?
A. Sorrow.
B. Love.
C. Happiness.
D. Loneliness.

3.Haiku is from_________.
A.China
B. Japan
C. England
D. American

I saw a fish-pond all on fire,
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
List poem repeat
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
List
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true .

If Jack had scored that goal,
If we’d had just a few more minutes,
If we had trained harder,
If Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
If we’d had thousands of fans screaming
If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball,
If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before,
If we hadn’t take it easy,
If we hadn’t run out of energy.
We should have won …
If we’d been better!

2.What is the characteristic of list poem?
（多选）
A.Repeat
B. list some things one by one
C. no repeation
D. no listing

Brother
1
Beautiful, athletic
2 (adjs)
Teasing, shouting, laughing
3 (doings)
Friend and enemy too
4
Mine
1

Summer
Sleepy, salty
1
2 (adjs)
Drying, drooping, dreading
3 (doings)
Week in, week out
4
Endless
1

Who does poem D talk about?
What does the brother look like ?
poemD
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine

how does the poet think about summer?
Poem E
Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out
Endless

Forms of poems
Nursery rhymes(A)
List poems
(B and C)
Cinquain
(D and E) characteristics
1.Strong rhythm and rhyme
2. easy to learn and to recite
3 for children.
1.Repeat words
2.List things one by one
1.Made up of five lines.
2.convey a strong picture
Haiku
(F and G)
1.Translated from Japanese.
2create a special feeling
Tang poems
(H)
The translations have a free form .

Look & tell what kind of poem is it ?

Nursery rhyme
Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping,
Brother Bear, Brother bear
Morning bells are ringing
Morning bells are ringing
Ding Dang Dong
Ding Dang Dong

Tang Poem
A bed, I see a silver l ight ,
I wonder if it's frost agr ound .
Looking up, I find the moon br ight ;
Bowing, in homesickness I'm dr owned .
——by li bai

Cinquain
Lovely, cheerful
Warming, welcoming, calming
I sing with you
Brightness

No matter what
No matter what they tell us
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach us
What we believe it's true
List poems
No matter what they call us
However they attack
No matter where they take us we'll find our own way back

Cinquain

Write a cinquain , list poem ……, any subject is ok .
spring My teacher

life is beautiful , poem is beautiful .
People convey the beauty of life by poems
By reading poems , we can touch life, touch nature, touch hearts !!!

1. Read the text aloud and recite Paragraph 1.
2. Write a cinquain or list poem ,any topic is ok.

北海七中 · 孔凡晶