用英语说“诗”

陈小将

形式美、语言美和音韵美……你善于欣赏一首好诗里的丰富美感吗？无论是李白的五言律诗，莎士比亚的十四行诗还是文学小品中俏皮的 “打油诗”，诗歌在各个时代、不同国家的文学发展中占据着重要的地位。做本集《英语小测验》，学习与 “诗歌” 相关的英语词汇。
1. Poems often use words that have the same sound in them. Words that have the same sound ______.
a) rhythm
b) rhyme
c) link
d) refrain
2. This is a type of poem that is funny and has five lines.
a) haiku
b) limerick
c) sonnet
d) verse   
3.  This is a short poem that originated from Japan. It traditionally has 14 syllables.
a) haiku
b) limerick
c) sonnet
d) verse    
4. William Shakespeare wrote some poems of this kind. They have 14 lines.
a) haiku
b) limerick
c) sonnet
d) verse  
5. This is another word for poetry.
a) haiku
b) limerick
c) sonnet
d) verse
6. Which word describes a unit of lines within a poem?
a) verse
b) unit
c) group
d) stanza
答案     
1) b, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) d, 6) d