By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember (Faber Poetry) - Softcover

Hughes, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571192637 ISBN 13: 9780571192632

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2002

Synopsis

What has happened to the lost art of memorising poems? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in the English language 'by heart'? In his introduction Ted Hughes explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory system that becomes easier the more frequently it is practised. The collected 101 poems are both personal favourites and particularly well-suited to the method Hughes demonstrates. Spanning four centuries, ranging from Shakespeare and Keats through to Thomas Hardy and Seamus Heaney, By Heart offers the reader a 'mental gymnasium' in which the memory can be exercised and trained in the most pleasurable way. Some poems will be more of a challenge than others, but all will be treasured once they have become part of the memory bank.

This edition is part of a series of anthologies edited by poets such as Don Paterson and Simon Armitage and features an attractive new design to complement an anthology of classic poems.

About this title

Book Description:

By Heart is a poetry anthology in which former poet laureate Ted Hughes selects 101 beautiful poems to memorise and to treasure.

About the Author:

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children, including The Iron Man (1968). He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for both Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0571192637
• ISBN 13: 9780571192632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Hughes Ted