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UNIT 5 POEMS
Assessing Your Progress
Assessing Your Progress
Complete the passage using the correct forms of the words in the box.
Activity 1
Poetry probably had its origins in traditional folk music tens of thousands of years ago. In that ____________，there were no TVs or films，and writing had not been invented，
so people would sit around the fire at night and sing songs to entertain themselves. These songs reflected themes from the people’s daily lives，such as hunting animals or ____________ crops. Since nothing was written down，over the years different ____________ of these songs developed，and each area would have its own ____________ rhythm. In addition to this，people would ____________ stories of past heroes. As these stories were often quite long，they often had ____________ and rhythm to help people remember them moreeasily. While in the beginning such songs and stories had a very simple ____________ ， over time they became more complicated and more polished. These were no longer the works of ____________ sitting around a fire，but works of true poets who cared about their art and who sometimes made a living from it.
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Read the conversations below and write a short description about the poetry or the poet they are talking about. Use relative clauses to connect your sentences.
Activity 2
A：What is free verse
B：Free verse is an open form of poetry.
A：What do you mean by“open”
B：A free verse poem does not follow any rules. It has no regular metre or rhythm.
A：I see. So it means the poet has complete control over their creation.
KEY：
Free verse is an open form of poetry that does not follow any rules. It has no regular metre or rhythm，which means the poet has complete control over their creation.
Read the conversations below and write a short description about the poetry or the poet they are talking about. Use relative clauses to connect your sentences.
Activity 2
A：Who was Langston Hughes
B：He was a famous African-American poet.
A：What’s special about his poems
B： Well，his poems mainly tell the story of black people in America，including their joys and pain.
A：Can you give me an example
B： Dream Variation，for example. It was one of his most celebrated（9） poems. The poem is about the dream of a world free of inequality and racial prejudice.
KEY:
Langston Hughes was a famous African-American poet whose poems mainly tell the story of black people in America，including their joys and pain. Dream Variation，which is about the dream of a world free of inequality and racial prejudice，was one of his most celebrated poems.
Appreciate a poem by Langston Hughes
Activity 2
Dream Variation
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun，
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree，
While night comes on gently，
Dark like me—
That is my dream!
To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun，
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening...
A tall，slim tree...
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.
Langston Hughes
梦的变奏
我张开我的双臂
在有太阳的地方，
旋转，跳舞
直到白昼退去。
然后，在清凉的夜晚
在一棵高高的树下休息，
此刻，夜温柔地来临了，
像我一样黑——
那是我的梦！
我张开我的双臂
面对着太阳，
跳舞！旋转！旋转！
直到匆忙的白昼退去。
在昏暗的夜晚中休息……
一棵高高的、细长的树……
夜温柔地来临
像我一样黑。
兰斯顿·休斯
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