TY - BOOK AU - Hollander,John AU - Boland,Eavan TI - Committed to memory: 100 best poems to memorize SN - 1573226467 : AV - PR1175 .C6425 1997 U1 - 821.008 21 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Riverhead Books KW - English poetry KW - American poetry N1 - Contenidos: Introduction Written by John Hollander, framing the art and value of memorizing poetry. SONNETS Elizabeth Bishop — Sonnet John Donne — At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners John Keats — On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer Emma Lazarus — The New Colossus George Meredith — Lucifer in Starlight John Milton — On His Blindness John Crowe Ransom — Piazza Piece William Shakespeare — Sonnet 18, Sonnet 55 Percy Bysshe Shelley — Ozymandias William Wordsworth — Composed upon Westminster Bridge powells.com SONGS This section includes well-known lyrical poems such as: William Blake — The Tyger Robert Burns — A Red, Red Rose Emily Dickinson — Dear March—Come in— Langston Hughes — The Negro Speaks of Rivers Lewis Carroll — Jabberwocky Rudyard Kipling — If Robert Frost — The Road Not Taken And many others by poets like Auden, Whitman, and Tennyson powells.com COUNSELS Featuring reflective and philosophical pieces, such as: Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (Anonymous, Old Testament) Ralph Waldo Emerson — Brahma Edward Fitzgerald — Excerpt from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam A. E. Housman — To an Athlete Dying Young Dylan Thomas — Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Christina Rossetti — Up‑Hill powells.com TALES Narrative-driven poems including: Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Kubla Khan Ernest Lawrence Thayer — Casey at the Bat Thomas Gray — Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat Christina Rossetti — An Apple Gathering Lewis Carroll — Jabberwocky (might also appear here depending on layout) MEDITATIONS Contemplative and evocative poetry: Matthew Arnold — Dover Beach Emily Dickinson — Because I Could Not Stop for Death Robert Frost — Mending Wall John Keats — To Autumn Walt Whitman — A Noiseless Patient Spider Alfred, Lord Tennyson — Ulysses, The Kraken Gerard Manley Hopkins — Spring and Fall powells.com Acknowledgments Acknowledgement section by the editor John Hollander N2 - Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize, edited by John Hollander, is a carefully curated anthology of classic and influential poems chosen for their lyrical quality, emotional depth, and ease of memorization. The collection spans centuries and cultures, featuring works from poets such as Shakespeare, Dickinson, Keats, Frost, and Whitman. Hollander organizes the poems thematically—into Sonnets, Songs, Counsels, Tales, and Meditations—each section showcasing poems that are particularly resonant when spoken or recalled from memory. His introduction reflects on the value of memorization not just as a learning tool, but as a way to internalize the rhythm, thought, and music of poetry. Ultimately, the book serves as both a literary treasure and a practical resource, inviting readers to engage more deeply with poetry by committing it to heart ER -