《英语诗歌导读》是一部英语诗歌学习入门教材，旨在帮助初学者认识诗歌、理解诗歌、鉴赏诗歌。它将领你进入诗歌的意境，领略英诗的风采，获得美的享受。

本书的编写体例是以英语诗歌的基本知识为主线，以英语诗歌为范例，理论知识和阅读实践紧密结合，做到学以致用。全书共分为五章。

前言

Pages of Titles and Authors

Introduction What is Poetry？

Chapter Ⅰ The Language of Poetry

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Connotation and Denotation

 1.3 Figurative Language

1.3.1 Simile and Metaphor

1.3.2 Personification

1.3.3 Apostrophe

 1.4 Irony

 1.5 Imagery

 1.6 Symbol and Allusion

 1.7 Figurative Language and Its Uses

 1.8 Poems for Interpretation

Chapter ⅡThe Sound of Poetry

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Rhythm

2.2.1 Patterns of Rhythm

2.2.2 The Effects of Rhythm

 2.3 Sound in Poetry

2.3.1 The Kinds of Rhyme

2.3.2 The Sounds of Words

 2.4 Poems for Interpretation

Chapter ⅢThe Subjects and Themes of Poetry

 3.1 Poetic Subjects and Themes

 3.2 Poetry on Nature

 3.3 Poetry on Love

 3.4 Poetry on Death

 3.5 Poetry on War and Peace

 3.6 Poetry on Morality and Philosophy

Chapter Ⅳ The Forms of Poetry

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Narrative Poems

4.2.1 The Ballad

4.2.2 The Epic

4.2.3 The Dramatic Monologue

 4.3 Lyric Poems

4.3.1 The Sonnet

4.3.2 The Ode

4.3.3 The Elegy

 4.4 Didactic Poems

 4.5 Closed and Open Forms

4.5.1 Closed Form

4.5.2 Open Form

Chapter Ⅴ Poems for Further Study

Author Bibliographies

Glossary of Literary Terms

Works Cited