gene-: ety

gene-: birth

gen-: produce restart

genesis: restart, begin

Genesis: 創世紀

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詩分兩種

1. lyrical:用於抒發感情,有七絃琴伴奏

2. narrative: a poem that tells a story and has a plot

1. motif:a resurrent device, formula, or situation wthin a literary work.

2. symbol: a person, place, thing, or event that figuratively represents or stands for something else.  Often thing or idea represented is more abstract and general and the symbol is more concrete and particular.

3. allegory: usually with moral lesson.

佳句:

We have nothing to fear but fear itself- Roosevelt

Everyone loves me but not myself- The Lady with the dog.

Probably you will find a girl like a grasshopper whom you think is a bell criket- Yasunari Kawabata

Irony (3 types)

1. verbal: 

Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says.

The main feature of verbal irony that sets it apart from the other different types of irony is that it is used by a speaker intentionally. It occurs in a conversation where a person aims to be understood as meaning something different to what his or her words literally mean.

Examples of verbal irony include:

“Thanks for the ticket officer you just made my day!”
“I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.”

2. dramatic

This type of irony is popular in works of art such as movies, books, poems and plays.

It occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of.

3. situational

It involves a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

Situation irony occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens.

For example, in "Roman Fever", "I had barbara."

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