tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post896596185749570926..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: Dulce et Decorum Est: A Poem by Wilfred OwenBlue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-26913340020050415512008-05-23T10:52:00.000-04:002008-05-23T10:52:00.000-04:00Libby,I disliked poetry until I was well into my t...Libby,<BR/><BR/>I disliked poetry until I was well into my twenties. Once I got hooked on children's poetry, I began reading adult poetry.<BR/><BR/>When I saw the video of Mary McWhorter reciting the poem and talking about her blind father and about hearing the poem in school, I was deeply affected. "Dulce et Decorum Est" still speaks out across the years, doesn't it? Especially to those of us who are anti-war!Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-65320794265772469522008-05-23T10:04:00.000-04:002008-05-23T10:04:00.000-04:00I first read this poem in high school -- it's in S...I first read this poem in high school -- it's in SOUND AND SENSE, which is a brilliant book that really taught me a lot about poetry.<BR/><BR/>But I didn't get poetry when I was in high school -- i'd read a poem the way I read fiction (fast), not understand it, and conclude that I didn't have the magic knack of understanding poetry.<BR/><BR/>It was only when I had to teach it myself, at RISD, that I learned how to read it....and when I did, when I got it, this poem became one of my favorites. I think it helped a lot of students learn to love poetry too -- it's so not what they expected a poem to be about.<BR/><BR/>"An ecstacy of fumbling."<BR/><BR/>Only a great poet would think of that.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for reminding me of this old favorite, what a perfect poem for Memorial Day, now!Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.com