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