| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-20页 |
| ·Studies on Female Metaphor at Home and Abroad | 第14-16页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies at Home and Abroad | 第14-16页 |
| ·Female Metaphor Studies at Home and Abroad | 第16页 |
| ·Studies of Metaphor in Poetry | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Theories of Metaphor | 第20-28页 |
| ·Development of Cognitive Theories of Metaphor | 第20-24页 |
| ·Comparison Theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Substitution Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Theories of Metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·Blending Theory | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Relations Between Metaphor and Culture | 第28-40页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Metaphor | 第28-31页 |
| ·Definition of Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Classification of Metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Culture | 第31-33页 |
| ·Definition of Culture | 第31-33页 |
| ·Classification of Culture | 第33页 |
| ·Relations Between Metaphor and Culture | 第33-40页 |
| ·Culture as Basis of Metaphor | 第34页 |
| ·Metaphor as External Representation of Culture | 第34-40页 |
| ·Cultural Universality in Metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| ·Cultural Variation in Metaphor | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Female Metaphors in Wordsworth’s and Xu Zhimo’s Poems | 第40-62页 |
| ·Wordsworth and His Poems | 第40-43页 |
| ·Introduction to Wordsworth | 第40-42页 |
| ·Introduction to Wordsworth’s Poems | 第42-43页 |
| ·Xu Zhimo and His Poems | 第43-45页 |
| ·Introduction to Xu Zhimo | 第43-44页 |
| ·Introduction to Xu Zhimo’s Poems | 第44-45页 |
| ·Female Metaphors in Wordsworth and Xu Zhimo’s Poems | 第45-62页 |
| ·Female Metaphors in Both Wordsworth’s and Xu Zhimo’s Poems | 第46-56页 |
| ·Women Are Flowers | 第46-50页 |
| ·Women Are Animals | 第50-55页 |
| ·Women Are Human Organs | 第55-56页 |
| ·Other Female Metaphors in Wordsworth’s Poems | 第56-58页 |
| ·Other Female Metaphors in Xu Zhimo’s Poems | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter Five Causes of Similarities and Differences of Female Metaphors in Wordsworth's and Xu Zhimo’s Poems from the Cultural Perspective | 第62-76页 |
| ·Causes of Similarities from the Perspective of Cultural Universality | 第62-65页 |
| ·Common Bodily Experience | 第62-63页 |
| ·Similar Life Experience | 第63-65页 |
| ·Causes of Differences from the Perspective of Cultural Variation | 第65-73页 |
| ·Physical Environment | 第65-67页 |
| ·Origins of Civilization and Religion | 第67-69页 |
| ·Personal Experience and Cognitive Patterns | 第69-71页 |
| ·Social Surroundings and Traditional Customs | 第71-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-78页 |
| Endnotes | 第78-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-83页 |
