So much to commend in this article, but a favorite is "I sometimes don’t understand what I’m learning or memorizing when I study poetry, but I believe Hector when he says it prepares us for the very real events of the world—going to war, falling in love, falling out of love, making a friend, losing a friend, having a child, losing a chil…
So much to commend in this article, but a favorite is "I sometimes don’t understand what I’m learning or memorizing when I study poetry, but I believe Hector when he says it prepares us for the very real events of the world—going to war, falling in love, falling out of love, making a friend, losing a friend, having a child, losing a child."
In other words, being a human being with thoughts and feelings we ourselves may not fully understand. A remarkable insight!
So much to commend in this article, but a favorite is "I sometimes don’t understand what I’m learning or memorizing when I study poetry, but I believe Hector when he says it prepares us for the very real events of the world—going to war, falling in love, falling out of love, making a friend, losing a friend, having a child, losing a child."
In other words, being a human being with thoughts and feelings we ourselves may not fully understand. A remarkable insight!