【Therearevariousreasons（31）___peoplewritepoetry．Somepoemstell（32）___storyordescribesomethinginaway（33）___willgivethereaderastrongimpression．（34）___trytoconveycertainemotions．Poetsusemanydiffe】

　　There are various reasons （31）___ people write poetry．Some poems tell （32）___ story or describe something in a way （33）___ will give the reader a strong impression．（34）___ try to convey certain emotions．Poets use many different forms of poems （35）___ （express） themselves．In this text，however，we will look at a few （36）___ the simpler forms．

　　Some of the first poetry a young child （37）___ （learn） in English is nursery rhymes．These rhymes like the one on the right are still a common type of children's poetry．The language is concrete（实在的） but imaginative，and they delight small children （38）___ they rhyme，have strong rhythm and a lot of （39）___ （repeat）．The poems may not make sense and even seem contradictory，but they are easy to learn and recite．By （40）___ （play）with the words in nursery rhymes，children learn about language．