Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Memorization Redux
Well, I've memorized "Ozymandias" now, though it was the easiest one I'll do: basically I didn't know from "Whose frown" through "and the heart that fed," which is only 4+ lines. But I can run through the whole thing now. The next one up will be somewhat more difficult, since it's not one I previously had (nearly) recitable: James Wright's "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio." I definitely wanted to do a Wright poem, and there were several that came close, particularly "Saint Judas" and "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota."
