Poetry by heart
Memorizing poetry has gone out of style, writes Brad Leithauser, a professor of writing and literature, in The New Yorker. His students have trouble memorizing a Shakespearean sonnet. They’re not used...
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At a private school in Vermont for boys with learning disabilities, students are challenged to memorize and recite Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, reports a Ken Burns documentary. Teachers, language...
View ArticleThe pleasures of poetry
High school students recited three poems they’d memorized for the Poetry Out Loud finals last month, reports Education Week. “This contest emphasizes the pleasures and the sounds of poetry,” said...
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