Why Poetry Belongs in Classical Education Curriculum
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What does poetry offer that prose cannot? In this week’s Classical Et Cetera, we explore how verse builds literacy, memory, and a love of language. Discover how rhythm, structure, and beauty shape the mind and soul, and why poetry remains essential for both personal enrichment and classical education.
*What We're Reading* from This Episode:
Gerard Manley Hopkins Poetry (Kathy)
_Notes from Underground_—Fyodor Dostoevsky (Kathy)
_Anne of Green Gables_—L.M. Montgomery (Tanya)
_The Two Gentlemen of Verona_—William Shakespeare (Tanya)
_Truth Matters_—Robert P. George & Cornel West (Tanya)
_The Idiot_—Fyodor Dostoevsky (Martin)
_The Glass Bead Game_—Hermann Hesse (Martin)
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