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UnitoneIdentity1OutlineI’mNobody!Whoareyou?(byEmilyDickinson)ThemeforEnglishB(byLangstonHughes)LiteraryFocus2WhereDoWeComeFrom?WhatAreWe?WhereAreWeGoing?,PaulGauguin(高更）.1897.3EmilyDickinson(1830-1886)4arecluseinAmherst“美国隐士女诗人”shewasdelightedinsolitude.(孤独是迷人的．）Natureisthepermanentmotifforherpoems.oneofthemostinnovativepoetsof19th-centuryAmericanliterature(frequentuseofdashes,sporadiccapitalizationofnouns,off-rhymes,brokenmetre,unconventionalmetaphors)5I’mNobody!Whoareyou?I’mNobody!Whoareyou?Areyou—Nobody—Too?Thenthere’sapairofus!Don’ttell!They’dbanishus(advertise)—youknow!6Howdreary—tobe—Somebody!Howpublic—likeaFrog—Totellone’sname—thelivelongJune—ToanadmiringBog!7我是无名人物！你是谁？你也是无名人物？那么我们俩就是一双！－－但别声张！你知道吗，他们容不下我们俩！做个名人多么无聊！像只招摇的青蛙－－向着仰慕它的池沼－－在漫长的六月里自吹自擂．我是无名人物！你是谁？

迪金森8Questions1.Whatdoes“I”referto?2.Whoarethe“pairofus”and“they”?3.Inwhatwayis“somebody”comparablewith“afrog”?4.Whatdoes“thelivelongJune”referto?95.Whatdoes“anadmiringbog”referto?Howtounderstandtheword“admiring”?6.Whatisliketobe“somebody”?Doyouwanttobe“nobody”or“somebody”?Explain.7.Whatisthefunctionofdashes?10Termsin“ThemeforEnglishB”Harlem美国纽约市的黑人居住区Bessie黑人女歌手;布鲁斯Bop(bebop)博普爵士乐Bach巴赫11Questions1.Whodoes“I”referto?2.Whatisspecialofthisspeakerinhisclass?Whatdoesitimply?3.Whytothespeaker“It’snoteasytoknowwhatistrueforyouorme”?4.Howdoyouunderstandthesentences“SowillmypagebecoloredthatIwrite?/Beingmeitwillnotbewhite.”?125.Whydoesthespeakersay“Youarewhite--/yetapartofme,asIamapartofyou.That’sAmerican.”?6.Whatquestionsdoesthepoetposeinthepoem?13I,

I,too,singAmerica.

Iamthedarkerbrother.

Theysendmetoeatinthekitchen

Whencompanycomes,

ButIlaugh,

Andeatwell,

Andgrowstrong.

I,Too,SingAmericaLangstonHughes14Tomorrow,

I'llbeatthetable

Whencompanycomes.

Nobody'lldare

Saytome,

"Eatinthekitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They'llseehowbeautifulIam

Andbeashamed--

I,too,amAmerica.

15/yingyu/24/n-73324.html16LiteraryFocus(Page6)TheSpeakerandthePoetorAuthor“I”-thespeaker;thevoice,ormaskorpersona(角色)thatspeaksthepoem.17LiteraryFocus(Page15)Image(意象)-itisaconcreterepresentationofanobjectorsensoryexperience./itiswhateverappealstoanyofoursenses(includingsenseofhearingaswellasofsight,smell,taste,touchandsound).AliteralimageAfigurativeimage(“Frog”;“Bog”)18LiteraryFocus(Page13)WhatisPoetry?Poetrymightbedefined,initially,asakindoflanguagethatsaysmoreandsaysitmoreintenselythandoesordinarylanguage.“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling,recollectedintranquility”(byWilliamWordsworth)19LiteratureFocusReadingthePoem1.Readapoemmorethanonce.2.Keepadictionarybyyouanduseit.3.Readsoastohearthesoundsofthewordsinyourmind.4.Alwayspaycarefulattentiontowhatthepoemissaying.5.Practicereadingpoemsaloud.20Writingassignment“WhoAmI?