※narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well
Narrative poems include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays.
lyric poetry is a form of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
The term owes its importance in literary theory to the division developed by Aristotle between three broad categories of poetry: lyrical, dramatic and epic.
※ Dover Beach is a short lyric poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold.
The title, locale and subject of the poem's descriptive opening lines is the shore of the English ferry port of Dover, Kent, facing Calais, France, at the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part (21 miles) of the English Channel
※ "Funeral Blues" or "Stop all the clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
※mock 嘲諷
don't mocking me.
The phrase nature and nurture relates to the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities
※ The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare
The story draws heavily on the tradition of the romance, and it was influenced by tragicomedy and the courtly masque and perhaps by the commedia dell'arte
※ 中式英文 Chinglish
※strait 台灣海峽
channel 海峽
※motif > theme > subject
examples of motif:
love and lost
dream and advanture
life and death
※memento mori is the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits.
the term is also in the Roman Fever
※商用英語
It's my pleasure to learn that your company has gained the......
※speaker is not a persona
speaker is (1) the person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of a poem
is (2) anyone who speaks dialogue in a work of fiction, poetry, or drama.
persona is the voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story and who may or may not share the values of the actual author; also called implied author.
※O Tell Me The Truth About Love
※ 浪漫時期最後一位詩人 William Butler Yeats
is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda.
※Elegy (W.H. Auden喜歡用)
In English literature, an elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
for example,
In Memory of W. B. Yeats
※The Metamorphosis is also sometimes translated as The Transformation and is wirtten by Franz Kafka,
※Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus.
※管樂 brass
弦樂 string
●bibli-:book
bibliography
bible
●mort-:death
mortality
●mor-:
morality
immoral
●qua-:4
quatert
quatrain
●matrimony marry
●I'm only flesh and blood = I'm mortal