tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post6442889045970138109..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Learned by Heart and Recited in Class'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-55420487154238915882015-11-05T17:36:50.780-06:002015-11-05T17:36:50.780-06:00I was a good deal older than this girl when I enco...I was a good deal older than this girl when I encountered "Lepanto". I still time a certain cooking task by reciting the first stanza, probably inaccurately, from "White founts falling" through "smiling in the sun". (Maybe remembering it correctly would lead me to scorch the food.)<br /><br />I think that a good deal of Yeats would do well to recite, as Brian says, though I would probably suggest "The Folly of Being Comforted" or maybe "Among School Children", even though I can never remember more than the first and the last two stanzas.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-88990306500876392682015-11-05T15:34:01.777-06:002015-11-05T15:34:01.777-06:00Yes, a fine enterprise. The Highway Man is a good ...Yes, a fine enterprise. The Highway Man is a good choice.Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-28905223176531222772015-11-05T06:46:01.123-06:002015-11-05T06:46:01.123-06:00I once had a student recite Yeats' "Praye...I once had a student recite Yeats' "Prayer for My Daughter" to great effect. Of course, she was in grade 11. I have noticed on occasion that a student with a good voice may not much understand the poem, but, having found the music of it, is able to bring out the life in it. I applaud the school that encourages these recitations. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068470029393614652noreply@blogger.com