◆Some poems are mnemonics, i.e. they are designed to help you remember something.有些诗歌是记忆代码，即是说，其目的是帮助人们记起某事。
◆Some poems are mnemonics, that is to say, they are designed to help you remember something.有些诗歌是记忆代码，就是说，其目的是帮助人们记起某事。
◆Mnemonic poems, that is poems designed to help you remember something, are an excellent way to learn lists.记事诗，即帮助人记起事情的诗歌，是记住一系列事物的极佳方式。
◆A limerick's rhyme scheme is A–A–B–B–A. In other words, the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with one another, while the third and fourth lines have their own rhyme.五行打油诗的韵律是 A-A-B-B-A。就是说，第一行、第二行和第五行押一个韵，而第三行和第四行押另一个韵。
◆In this exercise the reader is encouraged to work out the meaning, or rather the range of meanings, of the poem.这个练习鼓励读者弄清这首诗的意思，更确切地说是弄清其几种含意。
◆This is a poem about death, or, more precisely, dying.这是一首关于死亡的诗，更确切地说是关于临终的诗。
◆He says his poems deal with 'the big issues', by which he means love, loss, grief and death.他说他的诗涉及一些 “重大问题”，这些问题是指爱、失去、痛苦和死亡。
