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AlexanderPopeAnEssayonMan（knowthenthyself）Thepoemiswritteniniambictetrameter,everytwolinehavethesamethymeatthelastword.Thepoemisimportantinthesensethatitembodiesthe18thcenturyconceptsoftheuniverseandman’splaceinit,thatismanismadeintheshapeofGod,andoccupiesamiddlepositionintheGreatChainofBeing.Asthepoetsayssometimeswehavetoomuchknowledgeandfeelsuspectabouteverything,butsometimeswehavetoomuchweaknessandcannotbeasprideasStotic,sometimesweseemtohavethepowertoruleallthingsbutsometimesweseempreytoall.Weareinthemiddleplaceandsometimesweareconfusedaboutwhethertoactorrest.Thepoetperfectlydescribesman’sfeelingaboutourselvesandabouttheworld.AlthoughPopeisneverprofoundinthoughtbutheisveryadaptinvoicingtheideaofhiscontemporariesinabeautifulandcleverway.RobertBurnsARed,Red,RoseThemetricalpatternofthepoemisbasicallyintheballadform,i.e.eachstanzaconsistingoffourlines,withfourstressedsyllablesintheodd-numberedlinesandthreestressedsyllablesintheeven-numberedlines,andwithrhymesoccurringontheeven-numberedlines.Theimageofroseevokestraditionalassociationsofbeauty,loveandromance.Itssimplelyricsandstraightformandexpressionoffeelingmakeitafavoritechoiceforpoetryanthologiesandamostappreciatedpoemforreaders.Incorporatingvariouselementsfromfolksongs,thepoemissupposedtobeasongsungbyanIrishsailortohissweetheartbeforehisshipsailedofftosea,theexaggerateddeclarationoflove“tilltheseasaregonedryandtilltherockmelts”canremindusofawellknownChineseoath.Thereisnotearfulparting.Butdeterminedhopeofreunion:thesailorwillcomebacktohissweetheart”thoughitweretenthousandmiles.”WilliamBlakeTheLameThepoemiswritteninrhymingcoupletswithalternatingiambicandanapesticfeet.it’soneofthepoemsthatcollectedinSongsofInnocencewhichexpressthepoet’sdelightinlife,eveninthefaceofsorrowandsuffering.Thepoemisachildsong,intheformofaquestionandanswer.Thefirststanzaisruralanddescriptive,whilethesecondfocusesonabstractspiritualmattersandcontainsexplanationandanalogy.Thechild’squestionisbothna?veandprofound.“whomadethee”isasimplequestion,butthechildisalsotappingintothedeepandtimelessquestionsthatallhumanbeingshave,abouttheirownoriginsandthenatureofcreation.Thesituationofachildtalkingtoananimalisabelievableone.Yetbyansweringhisownquestionthechildcovertsitintoarhetoricalone,thuscounteractiontheinitialspontaneoussenseofthepoem,andalsorevealshisconfidenceinhissimpleChristianfaithandhisinnocentacceptanceofitsteachings.ThelambsymbolizesJesus,asJesushasatraditionalimageasalamb.TheimageofthechildisalsoassociatedwithJesus:intheGospel,Jesusdisplaysaspecialconcernforchildren.Thispoem,likemanyofthepoemsinSongsofInnocence,acceptsthatBlakesawasthemostpositiveaspectsofconventionalChristianbelief.WilliamWordsworthIwanderedlonelyasacloud(四步抑扬)Theformofthepoem:itconsistsoffoursix-linestanzasfollowingtherhymescheme:ababcc.Eachlineismetered(音步)iniambictetrameter.Oneofthethemesofthepoemisaboutthesoothingeffectofmemoriesonhumanthoughts,asweknowthesongwaswritten2yearslaterwhenWordsworthsawtheflowers,somemoriesarereallyimportant.It’satypicalpoemofRomanticism;itincorporatestheideasandaspectsthatareessentialinromanticpoetry.Thissimplepoemalsorevisitsthefamiliarsubjectoftheunitybetweenhumanandnatureinasimplestyleandmusicaleloquence.Thepoem’smainbrillianceliesinthereversepersonificationinitsearlystanzas.Thespeakerismetaphoricallycomparedtoanaturalsubject—acloud,andthedaffodilsarecontinuallypersonifiedashumanbeings,dancingandtossingtheirheads.Thistechniqueisaveryeffectivemethodforinstillinginthereaderthesimilarfeeling,bywhichwordsworthimpliesaninherentunitybetweenmanandnatureandsignsoftheharmonybetweenthingsinnatureandtheharmonybetweennatureandthepoethimself.TheSolitaryReaper(四步抑扬)Thefoureight-linestanzasofthispoemarewritteninatightiambictetrameter.Eachfollowsarhymeschemeofababccdd.Inthispoem,thebeautyofthesongispresentedtothereaderthroughtwowellorganizedcomparisonsinthesecondstanza.Thepoem’sstructure:thefirststanzasetsthescene,thesecondofferstwobirdcomparisonsforthemusic,thethirdwondersaboutthecontentofthesongs,andthefourthdescribestheeffectofthesongsonthespeaker.ThefinaltwolinesofthepoemreturnitsfocustothefamiliarthemeofmemoryandthesoothingeffectofbeautifulmemoriesonhumanthoughtsandfeelingsToanextent,thispoempondersthelimitationsoflanguage,asitdoesinthethirdstanza,buttheultimateintentionofthepoemistopraisethebeautyofmusicanditsfluidexpressivebeauty.GeorgeGordonByronSheWalksinBeauty(四步抑扬)Thepoemcontainsthreestanzasofiambictetrameter,withanunaccentedsyllablefollowedbyanaccentedsyllable.Itsrhymescheme:abababByronwrotethepoemforhisyoungcousinwhentheyfirstmetataparty,atthattimeshewaswearingablackgownandByronwasstruckbyherbeauty.Inthepoem,thefirsttwolinesdemonstrateboththeopposingqualitiesofdarknessandlightthatpassthroughthethreeverses[（诗或歌的）句,节.].Byreadingthepoem,thereadercanlookdeeperintothecontentsofByron’spoemanddiscoverbothinternalandexternalbeautyinthelady.DonJuan(theislesofGreece)(四步抑扬)Thepoemiscomposedof16stanzas,eachstanzaconsistingof6linesofiambictetrameter,witharhymeschemeofababcc.It’sasatiricalepica