Today's offering is a poem. One of my favorites, though I don't think I've previously shared it in an Advent Calendar. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, written in 1922. So very simple. So profound.
A great poem! Hopefully we will all get where we want to go sooner than we think. Indoor Games near Newbury by John Betjemam is one of my personal favorites. So cozy! :3
I had to memorize this poem twice: once in eighth grade and again in tenth grade (it was much easier the second time around, although the line "The only other sound's the sweep" is the least intuitive in the bunch).
I wonder if they still make kids memorize poems or passages from Shakespeare for school anymore. In college I had to memorize a passage from a play in ancient Greek! (No, it wasn't for a performance, merely an English class.)
A great poem! Hopefully we will all get where we want to go sooner than we think.
ReplyDeleteIndoor Games near Newbury by John Betjemam is one of my personal favorites. So cozy! :3
Oh. I'll have to check it out!
ReplyDeleteI had to memorize this poem twice: once in eighth grade and again in tenth grade (it was much easier the second time around, although the line "The only other sound's the sweep" is the least intuitive in the bunch).
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they still make kids memorize poems or passages from Shakespeare for school anymore. In college I had to memorize a passage from a play in ancient Greek! (No, it wasn't for a performance, merely an English class.)