Hi,everyone,As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives,a list poem,Limerick,It has only five lines. Three of them are longer than the other two. The longer lines all rhyme with each other and the shorter ones rhyme with each other,There was an old man with a beard Who said it is just as I feared . Four insects and then Two birds and a hen Have all made a home in my beard,The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade,咏柳 碧玉妆成一树高, 万条垂下绿丝绦 不知细叶谁裁出, 二月春风似剪刀,Discussion,Are poems good for our life? What can we get from poems,1. Poems bring passion (激情)to our life,2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance,3. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful,Using language,Ive Saved The Summer,Questions,Do you think the speaker in the poem is more likely to be a girlfriend/ boyfriend or a parent? 2. Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern,Yes,it has two strong beats per line,3.Does the poem have rhyming words? 4.When you were listening to the poem, did it make you feel something of think about something? What did it make you feel of think about,Yes,5. Circle the words that rhyme. What is unusual about the rhyming words in the last four words,The rhyming words in the last four lines are unusual because they are the same words although they each have a different meaning,Careful reading,1. Who is the speaker in the poem and who is he/she speaking to? Give reasons to support your answer,A parent (father/mother) speaking to a young adult child ( son or daughter,Till you are old youll not know,imply the speaker is much older than the young person ( that is, till you are older like me,Ive saved the summer and Ive saved some sunlight,imply the speaker is an older person who has experienced their own journey through life and who is offering love to help him/her,I know no answers to help you on your way,The parent also says that although he /she is older , he/ she does not answer the answers to lifes questions,when you were but nineteen,We know the son is an adult because the speaker refers to the time when you were but nineteen,But if youve a need for love Ill give you all I own,We know that the speaker is probably a parent because he / she is offering the child unconditional love,Reasons: Many of the phrases imply that the speaker is an older person.For example, Ive saved the summer and Ive saved some sunlight . When the speaker says till you are olderhe/she is implying that he/she is much older than the young person( that is, till you are older like me,The parent also says that although he /she is older , he/ she does not answer the answers to lifes questions (I know no answers to help you on your way / if you have a need for love, Ill give you all I own.) We know the son is an adult because the speaker refers to the time when you were but nineteen,Recite this English poem,Reading task on P 52,What does each poem make you feel or think about,The first poem makes me think of a picture in which a poet wakes up in a very bright spring morning with birds singing in the trees,but the beautiful morning reminds the poet of the blossoms which might have been broken by the night storm,The second poem makes me think of the following things: a cat eating fish; a hungry boy making a wish; a boy running to the end of the road; a driver taking the next turn; a young man who loves sea; a beautiful girl looking at the poet; a seal diving into the sea; the poet falling into sleep,The third poem makes me feel the passion between the lovers,The fourth poem makes me think of a beautiful sun-shine day and a lovely pair singing cheerfully and calmly. The atmosphere makes me feel happy and relaxed,The fifth poem makes me think of my father or an old man,anger,anger,angrily,dark/ness,dark,darkly,impression,impress,ly,repetition,repeat,ly,transformation,transform,translate,translated,warmth,warm,warmly,enjoyment,enjoyable,enjoyably,expression,express,expressive,inspiration,inspirational,ly