“Modern Poetry: Theoretical Foundations of Creation”

[Table of Contents]

“A Clarifying Alum of Poetry Education that Purifies the Turbid and Promotes the Pure” — Preface by Teacher Xiao Xiao 1

Part I: Theoretical Foundations of Modern Poetry Creation and Criticism 4

Chapter 1: Introduction — The Evolution of Forms in Chinese-Language Modern Poetry 8

Chapter 2: Understanding the Basic Elements of Modern Poetry 20
Section 1: The Language of Modern Poetry 20
Section 2: Imagery and Musicality in Modern Poetry 21
Section 3: Structure and Aesthetics of Modern Poetry 25

Chapter 3: The Structure of Modern Poetry 27
Section 1: Theoretical Framework of Textual Structure in Modern Poetry 27
Section 2: Organization and Arrangement of Modern Poetry 27
Section 3: Common Structural Defects in Modern Poetry 70

Chapter 4: Imagery in Modern Poetry 75
Section 1: Theoretical Study of Imagery in Modern Poetry 75
Section 2: Imagery and Sensory Function 79
Section 3: Imagery and the Use of Cinematic Techniques 90

Chapter 5: The Musicality of Modern Poetry (Part I) 95
Section 1: The Three Elements of Musicality in Modern Poetry 96
Section 2: The Design of Musicality 96

Chapter 6: The Musicality of Modern Poetry (Part II) 107
Section 1: The Components of Musicality 107
Section 2: The Developmental Trajectory of Musicality in Taiwanese Modern Poetry 114

1. The Historical Origins of Taiwanese Modern Poetry 114

2. Clarifying Musicality in Free Verse 115

3. Musicality in Taiwanese Modern Poetry 116

4. Melody and Rhythm in Taiwanese Modern Poetry 118

Chapter 7: Grammar, Language Errors, and Language Barriers in Modern Poetry 152
Section 1: Grammar and Grammatical Units 152
Section 2: Classification of Words and Functional Classification of Sentences 158
Section 3: Structural Relationships of Words and Basic Sentence Patterns 162
Section 4: Grammatical Characteristics of Modern Poetry 179
Section 5: Language Errors and Language Barriers in Modern Poetry 186

Chapter 8: Genres of Modern Poetry 200
Section 1: Various Criteria for Genre Classification 200
Section 2: Seven Common Narrative Perspective Themes 201
Section 3: Popular Themes in Taiwanese Modern Poetry 205

Chapter 9: Narrativity in Modern Poetry 259
Section 1: Poems That Are Engraved in the Reader’s Mind 259
Section 2: Bringing Stories into Poetry 261
Section 3: Analysis of Narrativity in Modern Poetry Works 265

Chapter 10: Theories of Modern Poetry Criticism 272
Section 1: Three Common Types of Literary Criticism 272
Section 2: Major Western Literary Criticism Theories 273

Part II: A Study of Rhetorical Devices in Modern Poetry 282

Chapter 1: Surrealist Techniques in Modern Poetry 282
Section 1: Surreal Imagination 282
Section 2: Types of Surrealist Techniques 282

1. Transformational Combinations 283

2. Montage Editing 284

3. Surreal Performative Presentation 286

Chapter 2: “Synesthesia” in the Works of Poet Luo Fu 291
Section 1: The Master Technique of the “Poetry Demon” 291
Section 2: Synesthetic Techniques of Luo Fu 291

Chapter 3: Symbolism in Modern Poetry 303
Section 1: The Core Element of Symbolism: Indirect Suggestion 298
Section 2: The Formal Structure of Symbolism 298
Section 3: Analysis of Modern Poetry Employing Symbolism 299

Chapter 4: “Analogy” in Yang Huan’s Children’s Poetry 312
Section 1: Aesthetic Foundation: Empathy (Projection) 312
Section 2: The Rhetorical Structure of “Analogy” 312
Section 3: The Use of “Analogy” in Yang Huan’s Children’s Poetry 312

1. Personification 313

2. Objectification 318

3. Object-to-Object Analogy 321

Chapter 5: Irony and Black Humor in the Works of Poet Ya Xian 325
Section 1: Ya Xian’s Black Absurdist Drama 325
Section 2: Types of Irony 326

Chapter 6: Parallelism in the Ballad-Style Works of Poet Yu Guangzhong 331
Section 1: Ballad-Style Modern Poetry 331
Section 2: Forms of Parallelism in Ballad Style 332

Chapter 7: Manifestation (Presentation) in the Works of the Vagabond Poet Zheng Chouyu 342
Section 1: Zheng Chouyu’s Narrative Lyric Style 342
Section 2: Zheng Chouyu’s Technique of Manifestation**