| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Overview of metaphor | 第11-12页 |
| ·Necessity of the present study | 第12页 |
| ·Hypotheses of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research data | 第13页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 The Development of Metaphor Theory | 第14-24页 |
| ·Substitution theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Comparison theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Interaction theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Blending theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter3 Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第24-57页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics | 第24-29页 |
| ·Experiential realism－the philosophical basis of metaphor | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cognitive grammar and cognitive semantics | 第25-27页 |
| ·Three major views of cognitive linguistics | 第27-29页 |
| ·Cognitive poetics | 第29-37页 |
| ·Overview of cognitive poetics | 第29-30页 |
| ·Prototype theory | 第30-32页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第34-36页 |
| ·Blending theory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Poetic metaphor | 第37-52页 |
| ·Nature of poetic metaphor | 第38-44页 |
| ·Classification of poetic metaphor | 第44-47页 |
| ·Function of poetic metaphor | 第47-52页 |
| ·The great chain metaphor theory | 第52-53页 |
| ·The commonsense theory of the Nature of Things | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Great Chain of Being | 第53页 |
| ·The GENERIC IS SPECIFIC metaphor | 第53页 |
| ·The communicative Maxim of Quantity | 第53页 |
| ·Poetry | 第53-57页 |
| ·Overview of poetry | 第53-54页 |
| ·Poetry and metaphor | 第54-55页 |
| ·Flowers in Poems | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 4 Comparisons between Flower Metaphor in Chinese and English Poems | 第57-74页 |
| ·Purpose | 第58页 |
| ·Methodology | 第58-60页 |
| ·C lose reading | 第58-60页 |
| ·Data collections | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analyses | 第60-61页 |
| ·Frequency of flower metaphor | 第60页 |
| ·Meanings of flower metaphor | 第60-61页 |
| ·Similarities between flower metaphor in Chinese and English poems | 第61-67页 |
| ·FLOWER IS SOMETHING NICE AND BEAUTIFUL | 第61-62页 |
| ·FLOWER IS ELAPSING AND SADNESS | 第62-63页 |
| ·FLOWER IS LIFE AND YOUTH | 第63-64页 |
| ·FLOWER IS AMBITION AND POLITICAL INCLINATION. | 第64-67页 |
| ·Differences between flower metaphor in Chinese and English poems | 第67-71页 |
| ·FLOWER IS REDNESS | 第67-68页 |
| ·FLOWER IS LOVE | 第68-69页 |
| ·FLOWER IS PEACE AND SERENITY | 第69-70页 |
| ·Different types of flowers | 第70-71页 |
| ·Causes for the similarities and differences | 第71-73页 |
| ·Outlook on life and value | 第71页 |
| ·Natural and physical environment | 第71-72页 |
| ·Cultural tradition | 第72-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第74-76页 |
| ·Conclusions of the study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Suggestions for future study | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
