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Unit 5 Poems课时素养检测 十九　Unit 5　Period 3Ⅰ. 阅读理解　　Reading poetry brings people from different places an

Unit5Poems 课时素养检测 十九Unit5Period3 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Readingpoetrybringspeoplefromdifferentplacesanddifferenttimes together.Morethananyotherformofliterature,poetryplayswithsounds, wordsandgrammar.Thatmakespoetrydifficulttowrite,butveryinteresting toread.Poetryalsocallsupallthecolours,feelings,experiencesand curiousimagesofadreamworld. Despiteitsshorthistory,thereisalotofgoodEnglishpoetryaround. TheearliestEnglishpoetrywaswritteninakindofEnglishthatisnow difficulttounderstand.ModernEnglishstartedaroundthetimeofWilliam Shakespeare,towardstheendofthesixteenthcentury.Theseventeenthcentury wasagreattimeforEnglishpoetry.Shakespeareisfamousforhisplays.His sonnets,however,belongtothebestEnglishpoetry.Inthenextgenerationof greatEnglishpoetswemeetJohnDonne.Chinesereadersadmirehisworksbecause ofhisuseofsurprisingimagesthatremindsthemoftheworksofpoetssuchas SuDongpo.Beforetheendofthecentury,therewasanotherfamouswriter, JohnMilton.Oncepublished,hisworksbecamefamousfortheabsenceofrhyme attheendofeachline.IntheeighteenthcenturyitwasAlexanderPopewho wrotethefinestpoetryinEngland. Thenextperiodthatproducedagreatnumberoffinepoetswasthe nineteenthcentury.GreatlylovedinChinaaretheEnglishRomanticpoets.The styleandatmosphereinpoemsbyWilliamWordsworth,GeorgeGordonByronand KeatshaveoftenledustothinkofsomepoetssuchasDuFuandLiBai. Finally,modernpoetshavetheirspecialattractionbecausetheystand closesttousbothinthelanguageandimagestheyuse.Amongthemwefindthe AmericanpoetRobertFrost. TheintroductionofEnglishpoetrytoChinacamelate.Towardstheendof