【正文】 repeated phrases whi ch give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. Som e rhym e (li ke B) whi l e others do not (l i ke C). I saw a fi shpond al l on fi re I saw a fi shpond al on fi re, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twel vefeet hi gh, I saw a cottage i n the sky, I saw a bal oon m ade of l ead, I saw a coffi n drop down dead, I saw two sparows run a race, I saw two horses m aki ng l ace, I saw a girl just l i ke a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And sai d though strange they al were true. Our fi rst footbal l m atch We woul d have won… i f Jack had scored that goal, i f we’d had just a few m ore mi nutes, i f we had trai ned harder, i f Ben had pased the bal l to Joe, i f we’d had thousands of fans screami ng, i f I hadn’t taken m y eye off the bal , i f we hadn’t stayed up so l ate the ni ght before, i f we hadn’t taken it easy, i f we hadn’t run out of energy. We woul d have won… if we’d been beter! Another si m pl e form of poem that students can easil y wri te i s the ci nquai n, a poem m ade up of fi ve li nes. Wi th these, students can convey a strong pi cture i n just a few words. Look at the exam pl es (D and E) on the top 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 i s, the pai nter does not attem pt to pai nt objects as we see them with our eyes, but i nstead concentrates on certain quali ti es of the object, usi ng col or, l i ne and shape to represent them. O n the other hand, som e pai nti ngs of m odern art are so reali stic that they l ook li ke photographs. These styl es are so different. Who can predi ct what painti ng styl es there wil l be i n the future? TH E BEST OF MANH ATTAN’S ART GALLERIES The Fri ck Col lection (5th Avenue and E. 70th Street) Many art l overs woul d rather vi sit thi s sm al art gal l ery than any other i n N ew York. H enry Cl ay Fri ck, a ri ch New Yorker, di ed i n 1919, l eavi ng hi s house, furniture and art col ecti on to the Ameri can peopl e. Fri ck had a preference for pertwenti eth century Western pai nti ngs, and these are wel represented i n thi s excel l ent col l ecti on. You can al so expl ore Fri ck’s beauti ful hom e and garden whi ch are wel l worth a vi si t. Guggenheim Museum (5th Avenue and 88th Street) Thi s m useum owns 5, 000 superb m odern pai nti ngs, scul ptures and drawi ngs. These art works are not al di splayed at the sam e tim e. The exhi bi tion i s al ways changi ng. It wil l appeal to those who l ove Im pressioni st and PostIm pressi oni st painti ngs. The Guggenheim Museum buil di ng i s al so worl dfam ous. When you wal k i nto the gal ery, you feel as i f you were i nside a fragi l e, whi te seashel l. The best way to see the pai nti ngs i s to start from the top fl oor and wal k down to the botom. There are no stai rs, just a ci rcul ar path. The museum al so has an excel ent restaurant. Metropoli tan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Street) The reputati on of thi s museum li es i n the vari ety of i ts art col l ecti on. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of ci vil i zation from m any parts of the worl d, i ncl udi ng Ameri ca, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other Afri can countri es and South Am eri ca. The m useum di splays m ore than just the vi sual deli ghts of art. It i ntroduces you to anci ent ways of li vi ng. 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