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ABriefStudyofEnglishPoetry黄波Part1:ElementsofPoetryPart2:AnalysisofPoetry1.Beowulfistheearliestliteratureinepicform.Ithasthreeimportantfeaturesoftheepic(1).Themoststrikingfeatureistheuseofalliteration.ThisisthecharacteristicofalloldEnglishverse.(2).Thesecondistheuseofmetaphorsandunderstatements.(3).ThethirdfeatureofthepoemisthemixtureofpaganandChristianelement.Apoemhasrhythmandrhyme,theyhavelittlemeaninginthemselves,yet,theymayhelptoreinforcethemeaning.Takerhythmasanexample,asadfeelingwillusuallybeintensifiedbylongvowelsandslow-pacedrhythm;whileahappyoccasionwillbemademoreexcitingbyaquickrhythm.e.g.inmusicRhymeoccurswhentwowordsorphrasescontainanidenticalorsimilarvowelsound,usuallyaccented,andanidenticalconsonantsound(ifany)thatfollowsthevowelsound.Sotospeak,rhymeistherepetitionofthestressedvowelsoundandallsucceedingsounds.Thus“line”willrhymewith“pine”,“visit”with“isit”.Rhymeisthemajorsoundelementwhichcontributestothemusicofpoetry.Therhymesinapoemwillusuallyformapatterncalledrhymescheme.e.g.“cold”and“bold”,“sky”and“fly”.Whentherhymingsoundsinvolvetwoormoresyllables,itiscalledfemininerhyme.e.g.“spitefully”and“delightfully”.Notallrhymesaresoabsoluteasshownabove.poets,especiallymodernpoets,oftenuseapproximaterhymestoconveytheirthoughtsandfeelingsmorefreelyandmoreappropriately.Approximaterhymesincludewordswithanykindsofsimilarity.Amongapproximaterhymes,thefollowingaremorefrequentlyusedandeasiertodetect.3.Consonance和韵或辅谐韵,押辅音相同,元音不一样Todiscusstherhythmofapoem,thefollowingtermsareveryuseful.Theyaremeterandfoot.2.FootFootisnottobeconfusedwithmeter,thoughthenamesforfeetendwith“–meter”.Meterisbasedonsyllables,anditindicateshowstressedandunstressedsyllablesarearranged.Footisappliedwithinasingleline,anditindicateshowmanymetersareemployedintheline.Takeiambusforexample:1.ClosedFormFormisadesignofapoem.Closedformreferstothedesignofthosepoemswhosestanzasarecharacterizedbyregularityandconsistencyinsuchelementsasrhyme,linelengthandmetricalpattern.Closedformincludesmostofthetraditional