It must appropriate for school children
2006-11-04 20:18:10 · 15 answers · asked by rma 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
To be read in a Secondary school
2006-11-04 21:28:42 · update #1
To be read in a Secondary school
2006-11-04 22:08:15 · update #2
Death by Brandi Young
Found free on the free poem database
2006-11-08 06:44:13 · answer #1 · answered by R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Choose 'Jaberwocky' by Lewis Carroll if you want to keep the audience rivited because the words sound great (they're are many portmanteau words - words made up of two different words combined) and they're great to get your teeth round when reading outloud. Also, there is an ABAB rhyme scheme which helps the poem to flow wonderfully, which will help you deliver it I think. Plus it's an adventure narrative about a fictional beast. Can't go wrong with that in my opinion! (If you're a brave person, I'd consider being lively and 'snicker-snackering' an imaginary blade (you'll see what I mean when you read it).
2006-11-06 06:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by nicSTAR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a child and had to memorize a poem, I chose a short but powerful one: Invictus, by William Ernest Henley.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
2006-11-04 21:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Rime of The Ancient Mariner - Samual Taylor Coleridge
2006-11-05 01:15:29 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Emiras 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try 'Do not go gentle into that good night' by Dylan Thomas - it's a really strong, emotive poem to read. Also, because it's a villanelle, there's a lot of repetition in it so it would be easier to memorise. Go to this link: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377
to find the text of the poem and an audio clip of it being read by the author.
2006-11-05 07:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by lauriekins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service
2006-11-05 10:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by adorehandel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If, by Rudyard Kipling
Something big has been here, by Jack Prelutsky
Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss
Go read a bunch at your local library and find some that YOU like!
2006-11-04 20:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by Longshiren 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Television is produced to the lowest common denominator - i.e., the common IQ of everyone, whereas a book is written to the highest common denominator
2017-03-03 22:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Rosalie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love watching TV, I really like the animal shows, the medical shows and the Judges and court shows
2017-02-03 06:53:43 · answer #9 · answered by arnold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the ning nang nong. Spike Milligan.
or if that's a bit young, The kraken
2006-11-05 04:52:12 · answer #10 · answered by fizzy_wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋