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By Heart
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This book is ideal for poetry enthusiasts, educators, students, and anyone interested in improving their memory through the beauty of classic poetry. It offers both a practical guide and a rich literary experience for readers looking to deepen their connection with English verse.
Spanning four centuries, ranging from Shakespeare and Keats through to Auden and Heaney, By Heart offers the reader a 'mental gymnasium' in which the memory can be exercised and trained in the most pleasurable way.
By Heart is a poetry anthology in which former poet laureate Ted Hughes selects 101 beautiful poems to memorise and to treasure.
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What has happened to the lost art of memorising poetry? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in the English language by heart? In his introduction, Ted Hughes explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory system that becomes easier the more frequently it is practised.
The collected 101 poems are both personal favourites and particularly well-suited to the method Hughes demonstrates. Spanning four centuries, ranging from Shakespeare and Keats through to Auden and Heaney, By Heart offers the reader a 'mental gymnasium' in which the memory can be exercised and trained in the most pleasurable way.
Some poems will be more of a challenge than others, but all will be treasured once they have become part of the memory bank.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571278749
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Edited by Ted Hughes
- Edited by Ted Hughes
- Edited by Ted Hughes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 205.0mm
Weight: 135g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.
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