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Poetry is one of the important art forms of literature，and is an easy way to express your feelings.Moreover，everyone understands it in their own way.Some find relief in poems; some read them simply for peace; some read poems for simple artistic pleasure.
There are some special features of poetry，which make it quite different from other forms of literature.First of all，poems have rhythmic patterns.Generally most parts of a poem follow the same form of rhythm.Poems may have rhyme，but they don't have to.The lines are neatly arranged together so that they express a particular feeling or emotion.
There can be various types of poems but according to the pattern or the form，there are mainly three types:
Lyrics: The lyric mainly concentrates on human thoughts and emotions rather than a story.Lyrics always bear songlike appeal.These are mainly short poems.Popular lyric poem forms are the elegy，the ode and the sonnet.William Shakespeare，Edmund Waller and Keats are some of the greatest lyric writers of all times.
Narrative poems: This type of poetry tells a story.Narrative poems are usually long poems.Epics and ballads fall under this type.Some of the greatest epic poets are John Milton，Dante，Edgar Allan Poe，Alexander Pope，William Shakespeare，etc ...
Dramatic poems: Any drama that is written in verse is a dramatic poem.These poems generally tell a story.Black verse，dramatic monologues and closet drama belong to this type.William Shakespeare，Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson are some of the great dramatic poets.
Whatever the form is, one thing，which cannot be denied，is that poetry is one of the most powerful tools to express our feelings.
【语篇解读】 文章向我们介绍了诗的特点、分类等一些基本知识。
1．What do we know about lyrics?
①They are similar to songs.
②They usually tell stories.
③They are not very long.
④The sonnet is a type of lyric.
A．①②③ B．②③④
C．①②④ D．①③④
D [推理判断题。根据文章第四段我们可以知道抒情诗主要表达人的思想和情感而不是写故事，具有歌曲的特点，通常比较短，挽歌、颂歌、十四行诗都属于抒情诗，故选D。]
2．Which of the following belongs to narrative poetry?
A．The elegy.
B．The dramatic monologue.
C．The epic.
D．The ode.
C [细节理解题。根据第五段“Epics and ballads fall under this type.”可知。]
3．We can know from the text that ________．
A．poems are weak in showing feelings
B．narrative poems are shorter than lyric poems
C．some poets write more than one type of poem
D．the sonnet and the ballad belong to the same type
C [推理判断题。从每种类别后举的例子可看出有的诗人不止写一种类型的诗，如莎士比亚。]
4．This passage is written mainly to ________．
A．tell us some simple facts about poetry
B．teach us how to write poems
C．give some advice on reading poems
D．make us interested in poems
A [主旨大意题。文章向我们介绍了诗的特点、分类等一些基本知识。]
