Just finished reading one of the "Voegelein" graphic novels, by Jane Irwin, and was pleased to find the art and text enhanced with quotes on each page before a new chapter. More authors for children and young adults seem to be using epigraphs or chapter introductions to sneak in history lessons or literature.
This A.E. Housman poem was one of those used by Irwin. I love the way the reader has to slow down for poetry. You really can't just skim it for plot ...
From far, from eve and morning
And yon twelve-winded sky,
The stuff of life to knit me
Blew hither: here am I.
Now -- for a breath I tarry
Nor yet disperse apart --
Take my hand quick and tell me,
What have you in your heart.
Speak now, and I will answer;
How shall I help you, say;
Ere to the wind's twelve quarters
I take my endless way.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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