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Poems Every Child Should Know
An outstanding collection of poems that appeal to both boys and girls, compiled by a teacher who believed in the formative power of learning poetry by heart. "Children," she maintains, "should build for their future - and get, while they are children, what only the fresh imagination of the child can assimilate. They should store up an untold wealth of heroic sentiment; they should acquire the habit of carrying a literary quality in their conversation; they should carry a heart full of the fresh and delightful associations and memories connected with poetry hours to brighten mature years. They should develop their memories while they have memories to develop." The poems are grouped into six sections (The Budding Moment, The Little Child, The Day's at the Morn, Lad and Lassie, On and On, "Grow Old Along with Me") to make it easier to locate poems that match a child's maturity. Suitable for ages 8 and up.
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First published April 1, 1904
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January 22, 2022
Eleanor and I started reading this when she was three. Maybe four. It's been on my goodreads currently reading shelf since 2011. Currently-reading. Since 2011. I'm writing this in 2022, just after her 15th birthday. There are books I never wanted to rush, because rushing them felt like rushing time itself. This was one of those books. And now it's over and time was rushed along. And is (fortunately) still rushing. (I say fortunately because because either alternative - passing indescribably slowly - I went through that recently - or stopping altogether - don't seem particularly appealing.)
Because we started so young, and have continued fairly steadily (albeit sporadically) throughout the years, poetry has been something that has connected Eleanor and I. For her 13th birthday, for instance, one of the presents I gave her was a small collection of poems I liked‡, with a note introducing each one. Quite a few were ones we had read together in this collection, although many were not. And we memorized several of them together as well. (Here you can hear her recite The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark by Seamus Heaney, for instance. Or here, 1st Corinthians 13.)
Because we have been reading this collection for so long, I have thoughts on the poems themselves scattered everywhere. Snips of paper, and social media. Google docs, and word docs, and texts to friends. Many lines have made it to my quote of the day board. Many have been committed to memory by both Eleanor and myself. I may put some of them here after the review, but for now, I think it's important to get Eleanor's input:
Dad: Eleanor, I know you're thinking of posting your thoughts on your own goodreads review, but for now, why don't you just say some things about the book, and reading poetry together?
Eleanor: Well, first of all, let me just say that finding time to write reviews is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be when I first got goodreads.
Dad: Lol. For sure. Don't I know it.
Eleanor: I thought the book was okay, but I almost feel like each individual poem needs to be rated, and not the whole book.
Dad: I understand that sentiment as well. How about this: tell me a few that you loved, and why you loved them.
Eleanor: One that I really liked was the excerpt from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman. I could really imagine it clearly, when the child picked up the grass and asked what it was. I also liked it when Whitman says, "You should have been there, too."
Dad: I really liked that one as well. It's interesting that I've still never read that poem in its entirety, but have loved all the excerpts I've read. From this book, I liked "I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, in the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe'er I go, Others will punctually come forever and ever."
But my favorite line was left out: "Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes."
Eleanor: Yeah. I know you really like that line, and I like that line - and I like the lines you read as well. I always thought you had read the whole poem, until the day you read the excerpt to me from this book.
Dad: Any other poems from the book stick out to you?
Eleanor: I liked the poem - I think it was called "Little Billie."
Dad: It was. I liked that one too. I thought it was pretty hilarious.
Eleanor: The reason I liked it was because it was a kid's poem, but it was like a story, too. -If that makes sense.
Dad: It does make sense. Any others worth mentioning?
Eleanor: I liked Horatius at the Bridge.
Dad: I did, too. I was pleasantly surprised by that one.
Eleanor: Another one I liked was the poem called, "Baby." The reason I liked it was because it was about a baby born on a Sunday, and when we read that one, it was soon after Poppy was born on a Sunday.
Dad: Interesting. I don't remember that one so well, go on.
Eleanor: I remember that you - I think - pointed out that both babies were born on Sundays. And then another one that sticks out, was a poem about eating Lotus. And the reason I remember that one so well, is that I was surprised that there were things that you eat that were bad, but also made your problems go away.
Dad: I'll have to look at that poem again, lol.
Eleanor: Were there any that stuck out to you. I mean... besides the ones I mentioned.
Dad: For sure. The Choir Invisible - I had read before, but really took to this time. Waiting - by John Burroughs (which I just saw this book calls My Own Shall Come to Me). I wish I would have kept better notes as we read. I may put some thoughts I wrote down in other places at the end of this review.
Eleanor: I'll have to look back and read them. I just can't believe we're done with the book.
Dad: Me neither. Now if we can just get through with Plutarch before you're out of the house.
*Eleanor sits in silence with that one.*
*Original goodreads placeholder review.* I have the 1904 edition of this book, and I've always thought it's fantastic. It says these are poems for children, but with likes of Samuel Coleridge, Tennyson, Longfellow, John Keats, James Hogg, Walt Whitman, Lewis Carroll, and both Robert Burns and Browning - it can hardly be viewed as such.
I also love how it dates itself as well - i.e. "Twas the Night Before Christmas" has it's original name - "A Visit From St. Nicholas." *End original goodreads placeholder review.*
‡ Here's the letter I wrote Eleanor for her birthday, posted with her permission:
Hello Eleanor! Happy Birthday, Birthday Buddy!
Before you read, or attempt to memorize any of these poems let me assuage your fears and doubts that this is a horrible, horrible birthday present. Here’s why I think it’s great: the love of reading is something that connects us. If you DO end up memorizing any of these, that will be something that sticks with you as long as you can remember, and connect us more than just this year.
There will be a little bit of work involved, sure. But there’s a little bit of work and anxiety involved with Gwen’s volleyball, and there will be a little bit of work and anxiety involved when I figure out a present like this for Poppy. I haven’t yet.
Words - whether poetry, music, books, or Scripture shape us. Committing them to memory is a lost and dying art. I hope you give it a shot.
I have included poems and speeches for various reasons. Some I already have memorized myself, some I have always wanted to memorize.
I thought we would have the poetry book finished by the time your birthday rolled around, but alas… we didn’t quite make it. We’ll get there. ... Probably. The book, though, gave me the format for this document. For each poem I include here, I’m going to give you a little description about it, why I like it, and why I’ve included it.
I’ll include a table of contents first, so you know what all is in here, so you can search a little easier for the poem you’re looking for.
I love you, and hope you have a great first year as a teenager.
Sincerely,
Dad
P.S. If you decide not to try to memorize any of these, I understand. I think mom thinks this gift is a horrible idea.
Table of Contents:
The House by the Side of the Road - Sam Walter Foss
The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark - Seamus Heaney
Little Boy Blue - Eugene Field
1st Corinthians 13 - Bible NLT
The Second Coming - William Butler Yeats
Little Billee - William Makepeace Thackeray
Funeral Blues - W.H. Auden
The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes
Annabel Lee - Edgar Allen Poe
Psalm 23 - Bible KJV
Waiting - John Burroughs
Insomnia - Billy Collins
The Fool’s Prayer - Edward Sill
In Flanders Fields - John McCrae
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
‡‡Here's something I posted on Facebook right before the end of the book. It was quickly accessible, so I'll include it - because why not?
I've been reading a book of poetry with Eleanor since she was 3. It's an anthology that was published in 1904 called, "Poems Every Child Should Know." She's put up with it, and occasionally enjoyed it.
English Teachers: Remember this when students say, "When am I ever going to use this in life?" A backlog of literature and poetry is useful when you're going through some shit. Mac Miller and XXXTentacion: yes. But also Browning and Shelley and Kipling and Knox. (And I know Kipling's taken some heat of late.)
This past summer there were multiple days where I had not just Scripture running through my mind, but Yeats (which Eleanor memorized, but I never posted) and Holden Caufield... ("...Happily some of them kept records of their troubles...") ... Etc.
Today we came across a run of poems that was just fantastic. (After reading some that were a bit too long and out there for us). The run was "Prospice" by Robert Browning, "Recessional" by Rudyard Kipling, "Ozymandias of Egypt" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and "Mortality" by William Knox. (Yes, the poets mentioned above).
Any of these would be worth committing to memory.
"I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore, / And bade me creep past. / No! Let me take the whole of it, fare like my peers / The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears / Of pain, darkness, and cold. / For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, / The black minute's at end."
"Far-called our navies melt away— / On dune and headland sinks the fire— / Lo, all our pomp of yesterday / Is one with Ninevah and Tyre! / Judge of Nations, spare us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget!"
And Ozymandias of Egypt. You all remember the Breaking Bad episode, right? (Look it up).
"And on the pedestal these words appear: / 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' / Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, / The lone and level sands stretch far away."
And Mortality, by Knox - it feels almost Seussian. But it's so good. (As was Seuss, of course.) Everywhere I see it, I see it called "Lincoln's favorite poem." And Kendrick Lamar, only not (except for the photoshop line).
"For we are the same that our fathers have been; / We see the same sights that our fathers have seen,— / We drink the same stream, and we feel the same sun, / And we run the same course that our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking, our fathers would think; / From the death we are shrinking from, they too would shrink; / To the life we are clinging to, they too would cling; / But it speeds from the earth like a bird on a wing."
...And, "O why should the spirit of mortal be proud."
Because we started so young, and have continued fairly steadily (albeit sporadically) throughout the years, poetry has been something that has connected Eleanor and I. For her 13th birthday, for instance, one of the presents I gave her was a small collection of poems I liked‡, with a note introducing each one. Quite a few were ones we had read together in this collection, although many were not. And we memorized several of them together as well. (Here you can hear her recite The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark by Seamus Heaney, for instance. Or here, 1st Corinthians 13.)
Because we have been reading this collection for so long, I have thoughts on the poems themselves scattered everywhere. Snips of paper, and social media. Google docs, and word docs, and texts to friends. Many lines have made it to my quote of the day board. Many have been committed to memory by both Eleanor and myself. I may put some of them here after the review, but for now, I think it's important to get Eleanor's input:
Dad: Eleanor, I know you're thinking of posting your thoughts on your own goodreads review, but for now, why don't you just say some things about the book, and reading poetry together?
Eleanor: Well, first of all, let me just say that finding time to write reviews is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be when I first got goodreads.
Dad: Lol. For sure. Don't I know it.
Eleanor: I thought the book was okay, but I almost feel like each individual poem needs to be rated, and not the whole book.
Dad: I understand that sentiment as well. How about this: tell me a few that you loved, and why you loved them.
Eleanor: One that I really liked was the excerpt from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman. I could really imagine it clearly, when the child picked up the grass and asked what it was. I also liked it when Whitman says, "You should have been there, too."
Dad: I really liked that one as well. It's interesting that I've still never read that poem in its entirety, but have loved all the excerpts I've read. From this book, I liked "I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, in the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe'er I go, Others will punctually come forever and ever."
But my favorite line was left out: "Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes."
Eleanor: Yeah. I know you really like that line, and I like that line - and I like the lines you read as well. I always thought you had read the whole poem, until the day you read the excerpt to me from this book.
Dad: Any other poems from the book stick out to you?
Eleanor: I liked the poem - I think it was called "Little Billie."
Dad: It was. I liked that one too. I thought it was pretty hilarious.
Eleanor: The reason I liked it was because it was a kid's poem, but it was like a story, too. -If that makes sense.
Dad: It does make sense. Any others worth mentioning?
Eleanor: I liked Horatius at the Bridge.
Dad: I did, too. I was pleasantly surprised by that one.
Eleanor: Another one I liked was the poem called, "Baby." The reason I liked it was because it was about a baby born on a Sunday, and when we read that one, it was soon after Poppy was born on a Sunday.
Dad: Interesting. I don't remember that one so well, go on.
Eleanor: I remember that you - I think - pointed out that both babies were born on Sundays. And then another one that sticks out, was a poem about eating Lotus. And the reason I remember that one so well, is that I was surprised that there were things that you eat that were bad, but also made your problems go away.
Dad: I'll have to look at that poem again, lol.
Eleanor: Were there any that stuck out to you. I mean... besides the ones I mentioned.
Dad: For sure. The Choir Invisible - I had read before, but really took to this time. Waiting - by John Burroughs (which I just saw this book calls My Own Shall Come to Me). I wish I would have kept better notes as we read. I may put some thoughts I wrote down in other places at the end of this review.
Eleanor: I'll have to look back and read them. I just can't believe we're done with the book.
Dad: Me neither. Now if we can just get through with Plutarch before you're out of the house.
*Eleanor sits in silence with that one.*
*Original goodreads placeholder review.* I have the 1904 edition of this book, and I've always thought it's fantastic. It says these are poems for children, but with likes of Samuel Coleridge, Tennyson, Longfellow, John Keats, James Hogg, Walt Whitman, Lewis Carroll, and both Robert Burns and Browning - it can hardly be viewed as such.
I also love how it dates itself as well - i.e. "Twas the Night Before Christmas" has it's original name - "A Visit From St. Nicholas." *End original goodreads placeholder review.*
‡ Here's the letter I wrote Eleanor for her birthday, posted with her permission:
Hello Eleanor! Happy Birthday, Birthday Buddy!
Before you read, or attempt to memorize any of these poems let me assuage your fears and doubts that this is a horrible, horrible birthday present. Here’s why I think it’s great: the love of reading is something that connects us. If you DO end up memorizing any of these, that will be something that sticks with you as long as you can remember, and connect us more than just this year.
There will be a little bit of work involved, sure. But there’s a little bit of work and anxiety involved with Gwen’s volleyball, and there will be a little bit of work and anxiety involved when I figure out a present like this for Poppy. I haven’t yet.
Words - whether poetry, music, books, or Scripture shape us. Committing them to memory is a lost and dying art. I hope you give it a shot.
I have included poems and speeches for various reasons. Some I already have memorized myself, some I have always wanted to memorize.
I thought we would have the poetry book finished by the time your birthday rolled around, but alas… we didn’t quite make it. We’ll get there. ... Probably. The book, though, gave me the format for this document. For each poem I include here, I’m going to give you a little description about it, why I like it, and why I’ve included it.
I’ll include a table of contents first, so you know what all is in here, so you can search a little easier for the poem you’re looking for.
I love you, and hope you have a great first year as a teenager.
Sincerely,
Dad
P.S. If you decide not to try to memorize any of these, I understand. I think mom thinks this gift is a horrible idea.
Table of Contents:
The House by the Side of the Road - Sam Walter Foss
The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark - Seamus Heaney
Little Boy Blue - Eugene Field
1st Corinthians 13 - Bible NLT
The Second Coming - William Butler Yeats
Little Billee - William Makepeace Thackeray
Funeral Blues - W.H. Auden
The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes
Annabel Lee - Edgar Allen Poe
Psalm 23 - Bible KJV
Waiting - John Burroughs
Insomnia - Billy Collins
The Fool’s Prayer - Edward Sill
In Flanders Fields - John McCrae
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
‡‡Here's something I posted on Facebook right before the end of the book. It was quickly accessible, so I'll include it - because why not?
I've been reading a book of poetry with Eleanor since she was 3. It's an anthology that was published in 1904 called, "Poems Every Child Should Know." She's put up with it, and occasionally enjoyed it.
English Teachers: Remember this when students say, "When am I ever going to use this in life?" A backlog of literature and poetry is useful when you're going through some shit. Mac Miller and XXXTentacion: yes. But also Browning and Shelley and Kipling and Knox. (And I know Kipling's taken some heat of late.)
This past summer there were multiple days where I had not just Scripture running through my mind, but Yeats (which Eleanor memorized, but I never posted) and Holden Caufield... ("...Happily some of them kept records of their troubles...") ... Etc.
Today we came across a run of poems that was just fantastic. (After reading some that were a bit too long and out there for us). The run was "Prospice" by Robert Browning, "Recessional" by Rudyard Kipling, "Ozymandias of Egypt" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and "Mortality" by William Knox. (Yes, the poets mentioned above).
Any of these would be worth committing to memory.
"I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore, / And bade me creep past. / No! Let me take the whole of it, fare like my peers / The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears / Of pain, darkness, and cold. / For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, / The black minute's at end."
"Far-called our navies melt away— / On dune and headland sinks the fire— / Lo, all our pomp of yesterday / Is one with Ninevah and Tyre! / Judge of Nations, spare us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget!"
And Ozymandias of Egypt. You all remember the Breaking Bad episode, right? (Look it up).
"And on the pedestal these words appear: / 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' / Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, / The lone and level sands stretch far away."
And Mortality, by Knox - it feels almost Seussian. But it's so good. (As was Seuss, of course.) Everywhere I see it, I see it called "Lincoln's favorite poem." And Kendrick Lamar, only not (except for the photoshop line).
"For we are the same that our fathers have been; / We see the same sights that our fathers have seen,— / We drink the same stream, and we feel the same sun, / And we run the same course that our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking, our fathers would think; / From the death we are shrinking from, they too would shrink; / To the life we are clinging to, they too would cling; / But it speeds from the earth like a bird on a wing."
...And, "O why should the spirit of mortal be proud."
July 23, 2020
I must mention that this is a century old book. First published in 1900s.
I read this with one sole purpose : to find good poems for my future children. And it did not dissapoint!
I found a good amount of poems that I highlighted and I re-write in a cute notebook with many pictures, so that I can read these to my children or even make songs to sing-together with.
Oh, how I wish that would come true!
Unfortunately, I only found about 30% of the poems in this book that worth my criteria. I need the ones that can light up imagination, and also poems to relate to (like nature, God, animals, etc). Many of these are more to history, myths, or even folktales. I skipped more than half of the poems of this book, either because I don't understand or I don't like it.
I recommend this book for those who found joy in reading classic poems (like William Shakespear), and I do not recommend this book for those who'd prefer contemporary poetry.
I read this with one sole purpose : to find good poems for my future children. And it did not dissapoint!
I found a good amount of poems that I highlighted and I re-write in a cute notebook with many pictures, so that I can read these to my children or even make songs to sing-together with.
Oh, how I wish that would come true!
Unfortunately, I only found about 30% of the poems in this book that worth my criteria. I need the ones that can light up imagination, and also poems to relate to (like nature, God, animals, etc). Many of these are more to history, myths, or even folktales. I skipped more than half of the poems of this book, either because I don't understand or I don't like it.
I recommend this book for those who found joy in reading classic poems (like William Shakespear), and I do not recommend this book for those who'd prefer contemporary poetry.
December 22, 2023
5 stars. These poems were very judiciously chosen. I enjoyed almost every single one, and some of my very favourite pieces of poetry are included in here, such as “The Lye,” “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” “Old Ironsides,” “The Violet,” “The Flag of England,” “Casabianca,” and more. I did not agree with every idea or poem, but for the most part they are delightful. Certainly a collection to have on hand!
November 27, 2017
A truly good collection of poems; more hits than misses. Divided into several categories. What makes it different and better than most collections are the notes that precede nearly all the poems. This gives some context plus occasionally interesting trivia that makes the reader look forward to the poem itself.
What's annoying is the British chest-thumping of the author that's completely out of place in the 21st century (this is an old book). No, you stuck-up twat, you can't claim to be a glorious country. You went to colonize lands and oppress indigenous peoples for centuries, plunder the riches and natural resources from so many countries, fucked up our kingdoms and civilizations all for the sake of your morally and financially bankrupt monarchy. Show some humility won't you. In this way Germany is way better than the British—unlike many oblivious Brits, Germans are self-aware and apologetic about their Nazi past.
Anyway. English poetry good. English pride can STFU.
What's annoying is the British chest-thumping of the author that's completely out of place in the 21st century (this is an old book). No, you stuck-up twat, you can't claim to be a glorious country. You went to colonize lands and oppress indigenous peoples for centuries, plunder the riches and natural resources from so many countries, fucked up our kingdoms and civilizations all for the sake of your morally and financially bankrupt monarchy. Show some humility won't you. In this way Germany is way better than the British—unlike many oblivious Brits, Germans are self-aware and apologetic about their Nazi past.
Anyway. English poetry good. English pride can STFU.
June 15, 2013
Exhaustive and a wonderful compilation , many of the poems included here were ones I read in my childhood , according it nostalgic partiality , but some new ones that I discovered like " The Arrow and the Song " - H.W. Longfellow , " How the Leaves came down "-Susan Coolidge , " The Violet"-Jane Taylor and many more were veritable gems for this necklace of a collection ,too. Being an Indian , i wasn't really acquainted with all of these poems , but now having read it , was certainly worth the while .
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August 20, 2013I'm reading Poems Every Child Should: ما فهمت شي يمكن 3 أو 4 كلمات بس ! ولازلت مستمعة وصلت لفصل 48 مدري قصيدة و الله مابعرف الكتاب من نصيحة مس كاندي
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خلصتو اليوم و أنا بالمطبخ *_* كان وقتا ممتعا
على العموم ما بيحقلي قيمو ولا أكتب ملخص عنو وأنا ما فهمتو >_<
كنت مجرد مستمعة لتعود على سماع اللغة الإنجليزية
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خلصتو اليوم و أنا بالمطبخ *_* كان وقتا ممتعا
على العموم ما بيحقلي قيمو ولا أكتب ملخص عنو وأنا ما فهمتو >_<
كنت مجرد مستمعة لتعود على سماع اللغة الإنجليزية
February 26, 2012
قصائد من الأدب الإنجليزي، قديمة في عمرها لكن متجدده في لسان كل الأطفال الذين يرددونها : )
# النجمة الخامسة لأن الكتاب احتوى القادة المذهلة العجيبة ً the raven
# النجمة الخامسة لأن الكتاب احتوى القادة المذهلة العجيبة ً the raven
April 13, 2020
So that my son will appreciate such poems...
September 7, 2020
AudioBk-B, LibriVox, 8 hours, 7 minutes, Narrator Kara Shallenberg, Editor Mary E. Burt, @ 4/1/1904, Listened 9/7/2020. An anthology of poetry written by many notable authors (Shelley, Keats, Browning, Whitman, Poe, Shakespeare, to name a few!), containing such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, The Charge of The Light Brigade, and the Village Blacksmith. Some were very familiar, others not so much, but the editor put these poems together to interest both boys and girls at a young age, many with the intent of having the children memorize them. An enjoyable 8 hours, and the narrator was an excellent poetry reader. 4☆'s = Very Good.
November 20, 2020
This is an interesting book. There is a wide array of poems in this book. There are poems for any age, from young children just getting started on poetry, to more complex and longer poems for older children. There is also a wide range of topics in the poems. They are from many different authors as well, from anonymous to popular poets.
June 30, 2024
Does anyone cite poems from heart anymore? I do. But these poems are incredibly long. Was the author’s intent for children to memorize or just listen to. If the ladder, has any one taken up that challenge?
December 15, 2009
These are poems that children might have been familiar with (and/or learned for recitation) in the early 1900's. Most of the authors were familiar to me but very few of the poems did I hear in school, even 50 years ago. Good overview of poetry -- especially poems for boys up to that time. Read this through DailyLit.com
June 22, 2011
Published at the turn of the 20th century - short poems of memorizing length of interest to children.
With nice introductions to each one and why they appeal.
With nice introductions to each one and why they appeal.
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January 25, 2017I fancied reading some more poetry, because I'm a bit lacking in some of the classics, and there this was in feedbooks. They do a good job, Feedbooks, in taking Project Gutenberg texts and making them nicely formatted epubs. Anyway, this has a load of terrible old tosh, and a bunch of irritating comments from Burt about some schoolkid who constantly recited one poem or another, marbled throughout with some real marvels which actually have stood the test of time. The Assyrian did indeed come down like a wolf on the fold.
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