Learning poetry by heart

Now that you know you’ll have to learn one poem (14 or more lines) by heart this term, don’t despair. Take your time and look for one that you really like and that means something to you, then regard it as a treat, as John Keats (left) would have done:

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:

Its loveliness increases;it will never

Pass into nothingness

I will be posting thematic groups of poems to help you find one you like. Feel free to suggest poems as well.If you want to listen to poetry, Classic Poetry Aloud is a good resource. And if you’d like to talk about poetry, here’s some poetry appreciation vocabulary compiled by Jochen Lüders.