http://sherrychandler.com/2007/08/20/september-memorize-poetry-month/ "On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.” — W.S. Merwin Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://sherrychandler.com/2007/08/20/september-memorize-poetry-month/comment-page-1/#comment-32156 sherry Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:20:33 +0000 http://sherrychandler.com/?p=2213#comment-32156 One positive thing, MW. Even if the whole poem doesn't stick in your head, the effort of memorizing causes you to become intimately acquainted with the poem. You notice it in ways that you don't tend to do when you're just reading. One positive thing, MW. Even if the whole poem doesn’t stick in your head, the effort of memorizing causes you to become intimately acquainted with the poem. You notice it in ways that you don’t tend to do when you’re just reading.

]]> http://sherrychandler.com/2007/08/20/september-memorize-poetry-month/comment-page-1/#comment-32131 MW Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:18:45 +0000 http://sherrychandler.com/?p=2213#comment-32131 It does sound like an interesting challenge. Outside of the ones I memorized when I was in school, most of which I've forgotten by now, I don't think I've ever managed to memorize all of any given poem. Although I think I have most of "Jabberwocky" and Shelley's "Ozymandias". I might just try to do this when September comes around. It does sound like an interesting challenge. Outside of the ones I memorized when I was in school, most of which I’ve forgotten by now, I don’t think I’ve ever managed to memorize all of any given poem. Although I think I have most of “Jabberwocky” and Shelley’s “Ozymandias”. I might just try to do this when September comes around.

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