高中二年级英语(人教版)上册 Unit 4 Reading

　　ENGLISH POETRY

　　Reading poetry brings people from different places and different times together. More than any other form of literature, poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read. Poetry also calls up all the colours, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world.

　　China has a long history during which many of the world's greatest poets were active. Poems by Du Fu, Li Bai and Wang Wei among others stand out in the halls of glory. When you have read some Chinese poems, you will have seen and heard some of the features that all good poetry shares. The form is very important: the number of lines and the number of characters in each line. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme.

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