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ad, I shall perish on the shore。 Swear by Thy self, that at my death Thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore。 And, having done that, Thou hast done。 I fear no more. Donne, “Hymn to God the Father” 12 III. From Verse(韻文 ) to Poetry(詩 ): ? Metrical (有韻律 ) language is called verse。 nonmetrical language is prose. ? Prosody (造韻律 ) is an essential part of poetry in almost all cultures: based on number of syllables, syllabic length, heavier or lighter pulses, even or noneven tones, etc. 13 From Verse to Poetry: ? “Poetry, therefore, we will call musical thought.” (Carlyle) ? “...speech framed ... to be heard for its own sake and interest even over and above its interest of meaning.” (Hopkins) ? “The most artful and economic arrangement of words to express true feelings or thoughts.” (Tung) 14 From Verse to Poetry: Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November。 All the rest have thirtyone, Excepting February alone, And that has twentyeight days clear And twentynine in each leap year. Anonymous 15 From Verse to Poetry: ?Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows。 But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar。 When Ajax strives some rock?s vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow. Pope, “Essay on Criticism” 16 IV. Some Poems with Echoing Sounds: No motion has she now, no force: She neither hears nor sees。 Rolled round in earth?s diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees. Wordsworth, “A Sl