Suspended's Poetry Apprenticeship
mixed_biscuits
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No, it's cos he knew you'd be listening.
luka
Well-known member
mixed_biscuits
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Your poor school teachers.
mixed_biscuits
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For the bottom set it's easy, I just get them to watch the video and look for the funniest expressions that the poet is making. And you know what? They end up taking in more of the text than if I'd asked them simply to listen.
mixed_biscuits
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mixed_biscuits
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So while you two were playing cat and mouse with the hall monitor, this chap with the heinous crime of having a face that is capable of a range of human expression was winning another national poetry prize for translation from Old English:
mixed_biscuits
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O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on
mixed_biscuits
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Oh no! I forgot! William was a baldy...Luka's got him there, he was a baldy, there's no coming back from that!
craner
Beast of Burden
This seems logical but it is surprising how many people fail this first test.
mixed_biscuits
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I don't spot any Beowulf references in there. You're part of a tradition, remember that.