09-13-2016, 04:17 PM
I wonder how important early exposure to poetry is, to enjoyment of it? I can't think of a child brought up without nursery rhymes, fairy stories (spells in particular, they always rhymed), skipping rope chants, hymns, prayers, but I suppose it happens. Nah. Even Sesame Street does a lot of poetry.
Are you familiar with the hymn "Jerusalem'?
It was written as a short poem, and a hundred years later it was put to music. The musicality is obvious, not least to Hubert Parry.
Are you familiar with the hymn "Jerusalem'?
It was written as a short poem, and a hundred years later it was put to music. The musicality is obvious, not least to Hubert Parry.