tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post3490709812793695646..comments2023-10-26T05:14:48.235-04:00Comments on The Egalitarian Bookworm: Question of The Weekend: What Poems Can You Recite By Heart?SarahMarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-71942804070131634862009-04-04T16:13:00.000-04:002009-04-04T16:13:00.000-04:00I don't have too much 'cept for:"Annabell Lee"part...I don't have too much 'cept for:<BR/>"Annabell Lee"<BR/><BR/>parts of "The Raven" (I was deep into Poe as an adolescent and dressed up as the Raven for a 5th grade school wax museum...yikes)<BR/><BR/>"If"--I know it's imperial and white-man's burden-y, but I sort of think its a good poem. And no, I am not prepared to defend that statement.<BR/><BR/>And, most confidently of all, a delightful ditty from my youth called "The Goops," which is a poem-lesson in good manners.Sarah M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-72498676453226748092009-04-04T13:29:00.000-04:002009-04-04T13:29:00.000-04:00I once recited The Highwayman in 6th grade.Now the...I once recited The Highwayman in 6th grade.<BR/><BR/>Now the only poem I can confidenly recite is:<BR/><BR/>Marguerite, <BR/>Go wash your feet<BR/>The Board of Health's across the street.<BR/><BR/><BR/>:)Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341073998300793130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-27174713043500637032009-04-04T12:51:00.000-04:002009-04-04T12:51:00.000-04:00Most of mine are in Latin: Catullus 85 (Odi et amo...Most of mine are in Latin: Catullus 85 (Odi et amo...), Aeneid VI.126-129 (Facilis descensus Averno...)<BR/><BR/>I used to be able to do Macbeth's "Tomorrow" soliloquy too. Can't think of any other English poems I know by heart, which probably means there are none. Do song lyrics count?swvlhttp://simonvozicklevinson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-83842597987322133382009-04-04T12:46:00.000-04:002009-04-04T12:46:00.000-04:00@ K: I had an English Teacher who did such a great...@ K: I had an English Teacher who did such a great voice for "In the Station of the Metro." Petals on a wet... BLACK... BOUGH...."<BR/><BR/>best two line poem ever?SarahMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-20491192901632034182009-04-04T01:17:00.000-04:002009-04-04T01:17:00.000-04:00I know "Stopping By Woods" as well. I had to memor...I know "Stopping By Woods" as well. I had to memorize it seven years ago in school and it's never left me. <BR/><BR/>And also "In a Station of the Metro." Such an accomplishment, memorizing that 2-line poem!Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161082806888156504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-84139082231677025342009-04-03T23:58:00.000-04:002009-04-03T23:58:00.000-04:00Wow, great answers. I think my brother can do "In ...Wow, great answers. I think my brother can do "In Flanders Field" too. I've never read "The Outsiders." Clearly I need to!SarahMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-49204525674466760412009-04-03T21:31:00.000-04:002009-04-03T21:31:00.000-04:00Most of my poetry memorizing occurred in the prete...Most of my poetry memorizing occurred in the preteen years, which means that the only two things I really have are Jaberwocky and the first couple verses of The Highwayman. In Flanders Fields was a given (being Canadian and all). I'll have to think on this a bit further, I think there were others.Sarah O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01336602241504980801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-67575514016499914272009-04-03T20:21:00.000-04:002009-04-03T20:21:00.000-04:00Heh. "Snippets of Frost" for me, too - and Adrien...Heh. "Snippets of Frost" for me, too - and Adrienne Rich's <I>Vertigo</I>, my favourite poem. I used to know "The Charge of the Light Brigade", but I think it's slipped through the cracks. Snatches of lots of other poems, but nothing in its entirety. Oh, and Lines 5-10 of Cicero's third oration against Catiline, courtesy of an excellent high school Latin teacher. Do songs count?Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-32402638930288522442009-04-03T19:48:00.000-04:002009-04-03T19:48:00.000-04:00Hmm - my mother got me to memorize "If" too, weird...Hmm - my mother got me to memorize "If" too, weirdly giving me something in common with Rod Blagojevich. Used to know all the verses - now there are holes. Hated that last line.<BR/> <BR/>of course Hamlet's soliloquy<BR/><BR/>snippets of Frost<BR/><BR/>does the Gettysburg Address count?teevozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953869019295892467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-13168118807275248272009-04-03T19:31:00.000-04:002009-04-03T19:31:00.000-04:00"In Flanders Fields"- I memorized that in fifth gr..."In Flanders Fields"- I memorized that in fifth grade along with the rest of the class. Those lines are burned into my brain.<BR/>"A Psalm of Life" by Longfellow. I thought that poem was pretty rad at one time. wtf<BR/>"Cupid Drowned" by Leigh Hunt- seventh grade memorized this and I memorized it too (sixth and seventh were combined) as I heard them recite it as a class, one hundred times!<BR/>"My Native Land" by Sir Walter Scott- Also overheard while seventh grade recited it<BR/><BR/>The opening lines of Chaucer's Prologue- every time I recite it, I get real happy. And if I happen to recite it in public (in Middle English OF COURSE), it renders people speechless. I used to know some of the Nun's Tale but alas, my brain allowed it to sail away.<BR/><BR/>I know portions of "If" by Kipling and I wish I didn't.<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking for awhile of memorizing some Dickinson. Maybe this month of poetry will get me going! Something by Kenyon would be nice too.Catherinehttp://restlessviolet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-62992159099373864102009-04-03T18:48:00.000-04:002009-04-03T18:48:00.000-04:00in my "Poetry Forms" course, our professor made us...in my "Poetry Forms" course, our professor made us memorize a poem of our choice (as long as it was in form) and I chose Sonnet 116, mostly because I love it so and because I had the first four lines memorized thanks to Kate Winslet's Marianne.katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03658220845996244072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-7024373029856102252009-04-03T18:04:00.000-04:002009-04-03T18:04:00.000-04:00I can do Nothing Gold Can Stay because of The Outs...I can do Nothing Gold Can Stay because of The Outsiders, too. How I loved that Ponyboy.<BR/><BR/>Let's see, I can do a bunch of Emily Dickinson, but they are short.<BR/><BR/>Also Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night.<BR/><BR/>A few passages from the Bard.<BR/><BR/>Can't think of any others off hand.<BR/><BR/>My daughter's school is big on memorization. Not sure what that's doing for them exactly, but it certainly impresses the relatives!WendyCinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548500219172368038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-68733546986221950112009-04-03T16:05:00.000-04:002009-04-03T16:05:00.000-04:00I know Nothing Gold Can Stay by heart too, thanks ...I know Nothing Gold Can Stay by heart too, thanks to The Outsiders. *sigh* I'm horrible at memorization, so really I don't know any others. Except First Fig. LOL!JaneFanhttp://bookwormshideout.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com