Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read, relish and recite

Product Information

To instil a love of literature, a copy of Dancing by the Light of the Moon ought to find its way into every home in the land' Daily Mail, Book of the Week Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness through learning poetry by heart. It's wonderful and so much fun.' Dame Judi Dench I find poetry works so much better when recited aloud rather than being silently read. Here, Gyles Brandreth leaves us with no excuse not to learn and recite poetry. The book is full of tips and advice to get started and I am now on my way to learning my second poem by heart. A little longer this time: 'Night Mail' by W.H. Auden. A lovely rhythmical set of verses.

Dancing By The Light of The Moon (Book) - by Gyles Brandreth Dancing By The Light of The Moon (Book) - by Gyles Brandreth

Not only does it enhance literacy in the young, but learning poetry by heart is the one truly pleasurable thing you can do to improve memory, boost brain power, extend your vocabulary and beat cognitive decline as time goes by. I’ve been slowly reading it now for months and it’s going to become one of my life long favourite books. There were lots of poems I had known as a child and several Shakespearian play speeches that I had learnt in my teens so it was a lovely visit down memory lane.The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer. To instil a love of literature, a copy of Dancing by the Light of the Moon ought to find its way into every home in the land * Daily Mail, Book of the Week * In itself a good book and I love Gyles Brandreth, but the longer the poems, the more boring it got. I didn’t really finish it either tbh. There's never been a better time to read, relish and recite poetry and Gyles Brandreth has chosen 250 of the nation's favourite poems for us all to enjoy and learn together.

Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read

Last year I read a poem entitled 'The Orange' written by Wendy Cope. It is a simple poem encouraging the reader to enjoy the simple things in life. At about the same time I read about the publication of Dancing by the Light of the Moon. What a wonderful coincidence. It went to the top of my Christmas gift list and my daughter duly served it up.His past books include; Word Play, Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations and Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries.