| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·The life and career of Tao Yuan-ming and Robert Frost | 第10-14页 |
| ·The life and career of Tao Yuan-ming | 第10-12页 |
| ·The life and career of Robert Frost | 第12-14页 |
| ·The possibility of the comparison between Tao Yuan-ming and Robert Frost | 第14-16页 |
| ·Literature review | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of the dissertation | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Similarities Between Tao Yuan-ming's and Robert Frost's Poetry | 第19-38页 |
| ·Similarities in the contents of their poems | 第19-25页 |
| ·Country scenery | 第19-22页 |
| ·Country life | 第22-25页 |
| ·Similarities in the themes of their poems | 第25-30页 |
| ·Death | 第25-27页 |
| ·Uncertainty of life | 第27-30页 |
| ·Similarities in the poetic characteristics | 第30-38页 |
| ·Simplicity of language | 第30-34页 |
| ·Images and symbols | 第34-38页 |
| 3. Reasons for Their Similarities | 第38-54页 |
| ·Objective reasons | 第38-45页 |
| ·Similar temporal backgrounds | 第38-40页 |
| ·Similar living environments | 第40-42页 |
| ·Similar personal experiences | 第42-45页 |
| ·Subjective reasons | 第45-54页 |
| ·Common poetic thoughts | 第45-48页 |
| ·Consistent philosophical thinking | 第48-54页 |
| ·Taoism and Tao Yuan-ming | 第48-49页 |
| ·Transcendentalism and Robert Frost | 第49-51页 |
| ·Consistent elements between Taoism and Transcendentalism | 第51-54页 |
| 4. Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第59页 |
