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.)
I wonder? Maybe it would help with the increasingly limited attention span. I had to memorize "Where Go the Boats" in second grade and "To a Mouse" in college, which (given the fact that I'd grown up in the Scottish-American subculture) seemed utter serendipity. (I don't think my classmates were quite as enchanted LOL)
I had an older friend who mentioned that through school he had to memorize poems and I really wish that continued! Since my daughter is now a tween, I think I’ll need to wait years now before trying to get her into poetry! 🙁
Such a peaceful poem. I loved Williams Woodsworth. The pole name is way too long to include here but it's something like, "Ode to recollection of early childhood..." the poem is even longer than the title, which I obviously can't remember right now. LOL.
I didn't have to memorize the whole thing but I did two to four stanzas I believe. My best friend, who did not like speaking in front of people, read something that was only four or five lines. Maybe about a red wheelbarrow? I'll have to ask if she remembers. Me and another girl sat on either side of her. The other girl did some Bongo tapping and I played a little song on my clarinet. We thought we are very dramatic. I have no idea what grade we're in but I know is high school.
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.)
I wonder? Maybe it would help with the increasingly limited attention span. I had to memorize "Where Go the Boats" in second grade and "To a Mouse" in college, which (given the fact that I'd grown up in the Scottish-American subculture) seemed utter serendipity. (I don't think my classmates were quite as enchanted LOL)
DeleteI had an older friend who mentioned that through school he had to memorize poems and I really wish that continued! Since my daughter is now a tween, I think I’ll need to wait years now before trying to get her into poetry! 🙁
DeleteLovely! And I think it’s inspiring me to write a holiday fic!
ReplyDeleteSuch a peaceful poem. I loved Williams Woodsworth. The pole name is way too long to include here but it's something like, "Ode to recollection of early childhood..." the poem is even longer than the title, which I obviously can't remember right now. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have to memorize the whole thing but I did two to four stanzas I believe. My best friend, who did not like speaking in front of people, read something that was only four or five lines. Maybe about a red wheelbarrow? I'll have to ask if she remembers. Me and another girl sat on either side of her. The other girl did some Bongo tapping and I played a little song on my clarinet. We thought we are very dramatic. I have no idea what grade we're in but I know is high school.