Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01
SARA TEASDALE TALKS
ON POETRY FOR CHILD
Famous Poets Anthology for Boys and Girls Is Called
Rainbow Capitalization Is Result
of Years Work.

10 know what vas in It's inventors.
!, mihd who ne made IT"
ID" YOU think 1t increases child's
i"N" ~ poetry TO nave to learn !, 10y
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The old habit Of compelling chit
hten To learn poetry az punishment
i"f vi"r was q dreadful blum
h"r on the part ~ parents and teach
"rS. low" for D"rtry ihs, cnu.d
withstand such trcatm"n, VAS indeed
hardy plant hav" hoard ny
ihth"r tell mat when nc Mas a boy
ne had /" parse tho whole 81 pop"'y
F!Esar on Man. This p""ul f. soma
what of 4 dos. Just ae reading matter
but whom /, becomes conplic.,.d
grammatical exercise. II mus, he I'M
h"a rabi'. Any sort ~ nalysiE' 81 a
poem. whether "f7h" spiri, "r"f the
substance. is likely to 10 more narn
than good b,tor" tn az. of nf,.or
] am inclined 80 thinh that u Shuuid
10" deferred in larr" par, 20 college
years. Tn" ideal arrangements il
SEEMS 10 me. would b. 10 read NOR.
poetry b"th dramatic and lyric. In
grammar and -"coudary ychooIS. bu,
=" read Tor pleasure and no, for
''"dy AZ least not study Of an intcn-
siEc Kind"
win ho wider appreciation ~
''''-N , - 'l'h 40 nope VIII
through such nook AZ Ralnbun
Gold lead more chiidrou TO writing
poetry tn"mSeIv"Sr"
EntnI All Around.
Sara T""sI-i" va. very definite
"""n' ms hop" thai cnildr"n
may com" I" regard making th.r
own poems - 4. u.rfac,ly natural
'htnH TINS can ouls come about =
'n'if t"nta'Iy" efforts ia IN. direction
"i poetic composition met tho r.gnt
t'iitHh" IN in"N t-aciri. and PARENTS
I"" mach yItIs" ana "ucutr.g.in.uf
"A! likely - have had results .. too.
much criticism or r!dicul" Wri,in-
I" poem j. no more 10 Is. wondered =;
'I praised than writing a letter. ANY
s"lf-consci"uSU"s about IL wiu H.
'a''i al! around. Rut I, can come
'""Ht naturally. ii NIs %. i inv -
IA" child and viii h.ip MR., ia nav. a
NOR" Intimate feeling lpward Ia.
b'"'rF 81 others This Ain b" tn.
ca" even though the rhild's ,yu
poem may hav" no value whai.vcr.'
N't"r moment. sh" continued.
IN" production OF great poetry Ike
ether miracles. !s not to he FIRE
i'id. bu, anything That tend, to cause
poetry I" ." REGARDED ~ perfect,
natural need ~ men aud as u ua,IraI
: yves hon" Tor greater poetry 70
M IN" need. Po"try is tn" mos, last
nE 81 ma" IN" arts n outliv", archi-
i"''Hr'. music. painting and oven
'uip'"r". Il liycs lnug afi"r the
dUguaE" In which b, wss written
mas ''aS"d Z" 10. tn" daily speech q,
men u - as nearly Immortal az
"i.f'hiuS man can make
."ft Win q cnpy az tn. dummy
Tor m" beautiful u.w bonk Win i,s
l'c"n and gold jacket. Us magical
Nuhln Khan frpn'5splccc. ss end
papers ~ dark pine trees and a fairy
'"N riding acr"ss III" moon on a
p"nN-f"giSus. was satisfied mat
''ls llttt" hook had been So made
mat such personality spoke through
u "s could not IAN TO lure many
children into IN" lov. Of great poe ms
IN" '*h"l ~ contents shows = wide
range. with poems to please y different,
types ~ children, With examples or
each ph"s. and psriod ~ lyric poe.rv
~ N" h- Had. the children's f,yo-ite
'"rm, 'h"r" ar" several fine sa'.r-
tl"fS. Th@r" - y careful choice from
many n"tahl" living poets. such as
Walter Il" 4 Mar. Robert r'ros,.
N"cn"l !hnfsa E.'R"hNr' Graves Ralph
Hodrs"n Alfred Moves. John Mase
h"ld As Amt" Carroll Moore has
already said. ~Rainbow Cold 4. a
very real Invitation TO children TO
read pceirv"