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Overview
Committed to Memory is a collection of a hundred-and-some poems chosen specifically for memorization and for the particularly intense kind of silent reading with which a reader prepares to remember them.The poems, which embrace a wide variety of genres, structures and patterns, include old favorites and forgotteen gems. Careful choices were made for the pleasure and reward of younger readers. From Ecclesiastes through the mid-twentieth century, Committed to Memory presents poems the reader will delight in memorizing and sharing with friends and family.
Editorials
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., PhiladelphiaBook Details
Published
September 1, 1997
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781573226462