Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize by John Hollander (Editor)
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(Paperback - Reprint)
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Pub. Date: November 1997
- ISBN-13: 9781573226462
- Sales Rank: 137,264
- 1pp
- Edition Description: Reprint
- Other Formats:
- Hardcover
Synopsis
Poet John Hollander has divided the poems into tales, sonnets, songs, meditations and counsels. Published in partnership with The Academy of American Poets.
Library Journal
Somewhere along the way those who decide such things decided that memorizing poems was not really important to education. Of course, it wasn't really. However, it was a pleasure, and generations of young people are growing up today without knowing it, which is a shame. Hollander (American Poetry, LJ 9/1/93) has selected 100 poems by poets-including lyrics and narratives, meditations and counsels-ranging from Blake and Hughes, Bishop and Thomas, to Yeats and Hayden . These are classics that lend themselves to memory, being short; often in form, or at least metrical; always rhythmic; and delightful. Most readers will find old favorites and new gems here. It is a fine collection-for browsing, for reading, and for committing to memory. Recommended.-Louis McKee, Painted Bride Arts Ctr., Philadelphia
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