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How many people today have memorized a poem? I will wager it does not play any part of of a "modern curriculum" in any school in the US.
ReplyDeleteInteresting insight into someone I had never heard of before.
Always a pleasure to read your blog.
Thanks. Agree with the idea that memorizing poetry is no longer part of most curriculum and education is much weaker for it.
ReplyDeleteHell most young people this days don't even know "There was a man from Nantucket..."
Ah, the Limerick -- a real art form that deserves to be passed on to future generations! Best recited from memory at bars and parties everywhere!
ReplyDeleteIt may sound silly but I believe that if limericks and haiku's are taught in grade school kids will try to come up with humorous ones they show their friends and gain greater appreciation for poetry.
ReplyDeleteLimericks and haiku's are the gateway poems to Frost and Dickinson.