I need a poem to memorize for my Language Arts class. It hasbe to be more than 8 lines and not too complicated (since i have to memorize it) . Thank you so much, :)
2007-04-30 15:21:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
"September" by Jennifer Michael Hecht
or
"Sonnet for Carryhouse and Keeper" by C. J. Sage
http://www.versedaily.org/sfcak.shtml
or
"Tehachapi" by St. James Wood
http://www.versedaily.org/2005/aboutstjameswoodm.shtml
2007-04-30 15:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dancing Bee 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" has more meaning simply in its structure than most poems have in their entirety. It is short, yet classic. It is worded simplistically, but has meanings deeper than my own mind can fathom. It has been analyzed and studied excruciatingly and is one of the most often quoted poems I have ever heard.
"The Road Not Taken" is also incredible, but longer (not much longer).
Both are by Robert Frost, a man who loved nature for its symbolic purpose. If you choose not to memorize these, at least read them once.
2007-05-01 01:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Footprints in the Sand" by Mary Stevenson
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."
The LORD replied:
"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."
2007-05-01 18:21:49 · answer #3 · answered by Jaguar_83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Walter Raleigh's "If All The World And Love Were Young."
It is pretty musical with regular rhythm, easy to memorize and recite.
http://www.yuni.com/library/docs/433.html
2007-04-30 23:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Annabell Lee by Edgar Allen Poe.
It`s a simple poem, I`m sure you can memorize it! =)
2007-05-01 18:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by Alison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley; it is simultaneously deep, short, famous, and easy to memorize. No doubt your teacher will be impressed if you choose such a classy poem from one of the Romantic era's greatest poets.
2007-05-01 00:20:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If, by Rudyard Kipling
"She Walks in Beauty, Like the Night"
by: Lord Byron
http://wwwww.answers.com/topic/she-walks-in-beauty-like-the-night
2007-04-30 23:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by CrowsFeet 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
natures first green is gold
her hardest hue to hold
her early leafs a flower
but only so an hour
as leaf subsides to leaf
so eden sank to grief
as dawn goes down today
nothing gold can stay
-robert frost-
book-outsiders-
2007-05-01 11:33:15 · answer #8 · answered by chef_murray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here I sit in mysty vapor in a s h i t house with no paper
I have no time to sit and linger watch out *** hole here comes finger.
2007-04-30 23:17:15 · answer #9 · answered by Fatboy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
footprints
2007-04-30 22:36:54 · answer #10 · answered by Charlie 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋