Literatures Matters - By Heart: A Talk about Memorizing Poetry
Join Lisa Vargo to learn more about the joy of memorizing poetry.
Event
Literature Matters: Literature in the Community presents:
By Heart: A Talk about Memorizing Poetry
with Lisa Vargo
Wednesday, Sept. 28
7:30 pm
Grace-Westminster United Church Social Hall
505 10th St. E., Saskatoon
Free and open to the public
What poems do you know by heart? Why do you know them and what might they offer you? This talk concerns the memorized poem and will offer a brief history of memorizing poems, offer some thoughts about techniques to memorize poems, and consider why one might (or might not) bother to do so. It would be lovely to hear some examples of poems that you remember. Ted Hughes’ observation, “There are many reasons for learning poems. But memorising them should be like a game. It should be a pleasure,” will offer the presiding spirit for the talk.