Preface i PETRY AS A WAY OF SAYING 1 DRAMATIC SITUATION 2 DESCRIPTION： IMAGES， MOODS， AND ATTITUDES 3 TONE 4 ANALOGICAL LANGUAGE： METAPHOR AND SYMBOL 5 THEME， MEANING， AND DRAMATIC STRUCTURE 6 AOOKUCATIONS： THE POET LOOKS AT A BIRD 7 POEMS FOR STUDY 8 REPRESENTATIVE POEMS OF OUR TIME APPENDIX A HOW POEMS COME ABOUT： INTENTION AND MEANING APPENDIX B METRICS APPENDIX C METAPHOR AND SYMBOL COMPARED AND CONTRASTED APPENDIX D PARODIES