“The Psyche of Lamentations” is used as the title for the five poems that I have written from Lamentations in the Bible. The poems have been written in two sixains （6-line stanza）， one quatrain （cross-rhyme quatrain） and two heroic couplets.

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About the Author

LIU Jian-feng， Male， Han Nationality， Born in 1953， in Heshui， Gansu Province， China； Graduated with a M. A. in English Language and Literature from the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Lanzhou University； A retired Professor of English and a supervisor of British and American Literature for M. A. postgraduates in the School of Foreign Studies at Jiangnan University； former head of the Institute of British and American Literature Studies in the School of Foreign Studies； former director of the Center for American Studies at Jiangnan University； Council member of Jiangsu Association of Foreign Literature Studies； Council Member of the Chinese Association of English Poetry Studies； Council Member of the Chinese Association of American Studies； a visiting scholar of the Department of English at The Johns Hopkins University（Jan.2000---Jan. 2001）， and a visiting scholar of the Center for American Studies at Hong Kong University（Mar. 2007-July 2007）.