學習詩歌能夠體會詩人的詩心，讓我們能夠感悟人生，滋養情感，溫闊心靈；能夠培養我們高尚的情操和高雅的情趣。由胡選恩和胡哲共同編著的本研究《美國經典詩歌研究／中外語言與文化論叢》以美國**詩人的代表性詩歌為研究對像，按照新批評所倡導的細讀法，對每一首詩歌的形式、措辭、修辭、音韻特征和主題思想進行解讀，全面而繫統地展示美國經典詩歌思想性與藝術性的**統一。

由胡選恩和胡哲共同編著的《美國經典詩歌研究 ／中外語言與文化論叢》一書對25位美國著名詩人的 77首經典詩歌進行了解讀。它首先表明了每一首詩歌 的形式即格律和韻律；其次，對詩歌中的典故和詩性 語言進行了注釋並對每一行詩歌用簡單明了的現代英 語釋義；再次，分析了詩歌中的音樂手法，如頭韻、 中間音省略、和音、諧音等；之後，探討了詩歌中的 修辭手法，如明喻、暗語、提喻、借喻、雙關、擬人 、直呼、跨行連讀、首語重復、矛盾修飾、修飾轉移 等；最後，討論了詩歌所表現的意境和詩意，旨在展 示詩歌優美的韻律、巧妙的修辭手法、獨到的意境和 詩人的詩心。

總序 換個視角看世界
前言
Chapter 1 Poem of Anne Bradstreet
1.1 About the Poet
1.2 To My Dear and Loving Husband
1.3 Poem Appredation：To My Dear and Loving Husband
Chapter 2 Poems of Philip Freneau
2.1 About the Poet
2.2 The Wild Honeysuckle
2.3 Poem Appreciation：The Wild Honeysuckle
2.4 To a Caty-did
2.5 Poem Appreciation：To a Caty-did
2.6 The Indian Burying Ground
2.7 Poem Appreciation：The Indian Burying Ground
Chapter 3 Poems of William Cullen Bryant
3.1 About the Poet
3.2 Thanatopsis
3.3 Poem Appreciation：Thanatopsis
3.4 To a Waterfowl
3.5 Poem Appreciation：To a Waterfowl
Chapter 4 Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
4.1 About the Poet
4.2 To Helen
4.3 Poem Appreciation：To Helen
4.4 The Raven
4.5 Poem Appreciation：The Raven
4.6 Annabel Lee
4.7 Poem Appreciation：Annabel Lee
Chapter 5 Poems of Henrry Wadsworth Longfellow
5.1 About the Poet
5.2 A Psalm of Life
5.3 Poem Appreciation：A Psalm of Life
5.4 The Arrow and the Song
5.5 Poem Appreciation：The Arrow and the Song
5.6 The Slave's Dream
5.7 Poem Appreciation：The Slave's Dream
Chapter 6 Poems of Walt Whitman
6.1 About the Poet
6.2 Song of Myself Section 1
6.3 Poem Appreciation：Song of Myself（Section 1）
6.4 Song of Myself（Section 10）
6.5 Poem Appreciation：Song of Myself（Section 10）
6.6 I Sit and Look Out
6.7 Poem Appreciation：I Sit and Look Out
6.8 BEAT！Beat！DrurnsI
6.9 PoemAppreciation：BEAT！Beat！Drums！
6.10 O Captain！My Captain！
6.11 Poem Appreciation：O Captain！My Captain！
Chapter 7 Poems of Emily Dickinson
7.1 About the Poet
7.2 I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed
7.3 Poem Appreciation：I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed
7.4 I Felt a Funeral,in My Brain
7.5 Poem Appreciation：I Felt a Funeral，in My Brain
7.6 A Bird Came Down the Walk
7.7 Poem Appreciation：A Bird Came Down the Walk
7.8 I Died for Beauty：but Was Scarce
7.9 Poem Appreciation：I Died for Beauty：but Was Scarce
7.10 I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
7.11 Poem Appreciation：I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
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Chapter 8 Poems of Robert Frost
Chapter 9 Poems of Ezra Pound
Chapter 10 Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson
Chapter 11 Poems of Hilda Doolittle
Chapter 12 Poems of Amy Lowell
Chapter 13 Poems of Carl Sandburg
Chapter 14 Poems of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
Chapter 15 Poems of Wallace Stevens
Chapter 16 Poems of William Carlos Williams
Chapter 17 Poems of T.S.Eliot
Chapter 18 Poems of Archibald Macleish
Chapter 19 Poems of E.E.Cummings
Chapter 20 Poems of Langston Hughs
Chapter 21 Poems of Theodore Roethke
Chapter 22 Poems of Randall Jarrell
Chapter 23 Poems of Robert Lowell
Chapter 24 Poems of Gwendolyn Brooks
Chapter 25 Poems of James Wright
Chapter 26 Poems of Sylvia Plath
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