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Poetry Speaks to Children.


Poetry Speaks to Children

Elise Paschen Paschen may refer to:
  • Friedrich Paschen (1865-1947), German physicist
  • Paschen (crater)
  • Paschen-Back effect
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This isn't just a written survey of key poems: over ninety poems are also presented on a cd of 52 performances by the poets and close friends, pairing written word with an imaginative spoken survey. Poems covered include Casey at the Bat "Casey at the Bat", subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888", is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances. , Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" was written in 1922 by Robert Frost, and was published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. Imagery and personification are prominent in the work. , and more: narrators range from Carl Sandburg and James Berry James Berry may refer to:
  • James Berry (hangman) (1852–1913)
  • James Berry (poet)
  • James Henderson Berry, Governor and U.S. Senator of Arkansas
  • James Berry (Major-General) d.1691
 to J.R.R. Tolkien. An exceptional presentation results.
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