Newmark on the basis of the function of language, attributes poetry to the expressive function, stipulating that its focus is on the source language(SL) and the SL author.

• 根据这一理论 ,诗歌属于表达功能的文本 ,文本的重点在于原语和原语作者 ,翻译时应尽量复制原文的美学特征和作者风格。