【正文】 op of the next page. (D) Brother (E) Summer Beauti ful , athl eti c Sl eepy, sal ty Teasi ng, shouti ng, l aughi ng Dryi ng, drooping, dreadi ng Fri end and enem y too Week i n, week out Mi ne Endl ess (F) A fal en bl ossom (G) Snow havi ng m el ted Is i ng back to the branch. The whol e vi l age i s brim ful Lok, a butterfl y! O f happy chil dren. (by Mori take) (by Issa) H ai ku i s a Japanese form of poetry that i s m ade up of 17 syl l abl es. It i s not a tradi ti onal form of Engli sh poetry, but i s very popul ar wi th Engli sh wri ters. It i s easy to wri te and, li ke the ci nquai n, can gi ve a cl ear picture and create a special feeli ng usi ng the m i nim um of words. The two hai ku poem s (F and G ) above are translati ons from the Japanese. Di d you know that Engli sh speakers al so enjoy other form s of Asi an poetry – Tang poem s from Chi na i n parti cul ar? A lot of Tang poetry has been transl ated i nto Engl i sh. Thi s Tang poem(H) i s a transl ation from the Chi nese. Wi th so m any different form s of poetry to choose from, students m ay eventual ly want to write poem s of their own. It i s easi er than you m i ght thi nk and certai nly worth a try. Where she awai ts her husband On and on the ri ver fl ows. N ever looki ng back, Transform ed i nto stone. Day by day upon the m ountai n top, wind and rai n revol ve. Shoul d the travel er return, thi s Stone woul d utter spech. (by Wang Ji an) I’VE SAVED TH E SUMMER I’ve saved the summ er And I gi ve i t al l to you To hol d on wi nter m ornings When the snow is new. I’ve saved some sunl ight If you should ever need A pl ace away from darkness Where your mi nd can feed. And for m ysel f I’ve kept your smi le When you were but ni een, Ti l you’re ol der you’l not know What brave young sm il es can mean. I know no answers To help you on your way The answers li e somewhere At the bottom of the but wi thout the Impressi oni sts, many of these pai nti ng styles m ight not exi st. On the one hand, som e modern art i s abstract。 that is, the painter does not attempt to paint objects as we se them wi th our eyes, but instead concentrates on certai n qualiti es of the object, usi ng col or, li ne and shape to represent them. On the other hand, some paintings of m odern art are so real istic that they look l ike photographs. These styles are so different. Who can predict what pai nti ng styles there wi l be in the future? THE BEST OF MANHATTAN’S ART GALLERIES The Fri ck Colection (5th Avenue and E. 70th Street) Many art lovers woul d rather vi sit thi s smal art gal ery than any other in New York. Henry Cl ay Frick, a ri ch New Yorker, di ed in 1919, l eavi ng his house, furniture and art col ecti on to the Am eri can peopl e. Frick had a preference for pertwentieth century Western pai nti ngs, and these are wel lrepresented i n this excel lent col ecti on. You can also expl ore Fri ck’s beautiful home and garden whi ch are wel l worth a visi t. Guggenheim Museum (5th Avenue and 88th Stret) Thi s museum owns 5,000 superb modern paintings, scul ptures and drawi ngs. These art works are not al l displayed at the sam e tim e. The exhibi tion i s always changing. It wi l appeal to those who l ove Impressi oni st and PostImpressionist pai nti ngs. The Guggenhei m Museum buil ding is al so worldfamous. When you wal k i nto the gal lery, you feel as if you were insi de a fragil e, white seashel. The best way to see the pai ntings i s to start from the top floor and walk down to the bottom. There are no stairs, just a circular path. The m useum al so has an excel ent restaurant. Metropol i tan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Street) The reputation of thi s m useum li es i n the vari ety of i ts art col l ection. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of ci vil ization from m any parts of the worl d, i ncl udi ng Am erica, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other Afri can countri es and South Am eri ca. The m useum di spl ays m ore than just the vi sual deli ghts of art. It i ntroduces you to anci ent ways of li ving. You can vi si t an Egypti an tem pl e, a fragrant Ming garden, a typi cal room i n an 18th century French house and m any other speci al exhi bi ti ons. Museum of Modern Art ( 53rd Street. Between 5th and 6th Avenues) It i s am azi ng that so m any great works of art from the l ate 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the sam e m useum . The col lection of Western art i ncl udes pai nti ngs by such fam ous arti sts as Mo, Van Gogh, Pi casso and Mati sse. A few words of warni ng: the adm i si on pri ce i s not cheap and the m useum i s often very crowded. Whi tney Museum of Am erican Art (945 Madi son Avenue, near 75th Street) The Whi tney hol ds an excel ent col ecti on of contem porary Am eri can pai nti ng and scul pture. There are no perm anent di spl ays i n thi s m useum and exhi bi ti ons change al the tim e. Every two years, the Whi tney hol ds a speci al exhi bi tion of new art by l ivi ng arti sts. The m useum al so shows vi deos and fil ms by contem porary vi deo arti sts. Uni t 2 A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS There are vari ous reasons why peopl e wri te poetry. Som e poem s tel a story or descri be som ethi ng i n a way that wi l gi ve the reader a strong im pression. O thers try to convey certai n emotions. Poets use many different form s of poetry to expres them sel ves. In thi s text, however, we wi l l ook at a few of the si mpler forms. Some of the first poetry a young chil d l earns i n Engl ish i s nursery rhymes.