The Children's Poets: Analyses and Appraisals of the Greatest English and American Poets for Children, for Use in Normal Schools, Library Schools, and Homes |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
Page 129
... understanding friend of children will do occasionally - what then ? For a normal child there is nothing so delightful and so desirable as an occasional fright - poem or horror - story - of the right quality , which means of the artistic ...
... understanding friend of children will do occasionally - what then ? For a normal child there is nothing so delightful and so desirable as an occasional fright - poem or horror - story - of the right quality , which means of the artistic ...
Page 229
... great , even ; but important enough to be here listed among the children's poets . By virtue of her love for children and her understanding of them , by vir- tue of her power to summon back her own childhood Lucy Larcom 229.
... great , even ; but important enough to be here listed among the children's poets . By virtue of her love for children and her understanding of them , by vir- tue of her power to summon back her own childhood Lucy Larcom 229.
Page 248
... understandings . In the matter of poetry , a child's imagination outstrips his understanding ; his emotions carry him far beyond the narrow reach of his intelli- gence . " . . Preface . " " This is a splendid collection of classic ...
... understandings . In the matter of poetry , a child's imagination outstrips his understanding ; his emotions carry him far beyond the narrow reach of his intelli- gence . " . . Preface . " " This is a splendid collection of classic ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDRENS POETRY AND CHILDRENS POETS | 1 |
MOTHER GOOSE | 11 |
ANN AND JANE TAYLOR | 49 |
Copyright | |
14 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ann Taylor baby beautiful birds Blake Blake's Blynken bright Celia Thaxter chil child Childhood Songs childish children's poets Christina Rossetti danced delight Dong dren edition Edward Lear eyes fairy fancies father Field flowers garden Goblin happy head hear humor hurdy-gurdy imagination Jabberwocky James Whitcomb Riley Jumblies King Cole lamb Larcom laugh Lear Lewis Carroll light Little Boy Blue little girl little Gustava live lolly lollyby Lucy Larcom lullaby Mare melodies merry mood moon moral Mother Goose jingles nature never night nonsense nose nursery perhaps pipe play pleasant poetic poetry for children pretty Quangle Wangle rhymes rhythm Rock-a-by sail sandpiper Say the bells Sherman sieve sing sleep smile Songs of Experience stars Stevenson story sweet Taylors Thaxter thee theme thou thought tree verse for children volume William Blake wind write wrote