~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 英文 摘要 ( abstract ) Huang, Shou-cheng, " The Unfortunate of a Country and the Fortunate of a Poet : The Artistic Achievement of Bo Yang ' s Classical Poems " Retired Professor, Department of Language & Literature Education, National Hualian Teachers College Published in 1982 ( with an English translation appearing in 1986 ) , Bo Yang Poems of a Period is an anthology that, except for its appendix, was written during the poet ' s ten-year imprisonment. It consists of 40 classical poems written in five-word or seven-word regulated and rhymed lines, and 12 " Tse " , a form of poetry in classical Chinese Literature characterized by lines of irregular length and irregular rhymes. The research component of this thesis is limited to the 40 classical poems in the anthology, and they are grouped, for the purpose of analysis, into three categories : epics, lyrics and those that pertain to the poet ' s vision and aspirations. The thesis is composed of five sections, starting from an examination of the writer ' s dexterity in the use of language and of the classical allusions found in his verse. These qualities are then compared