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Oh god this poem. It's like generational trauma in German speaking countries. At some point during junior high every student is tasked with learning to recite i
by KeplerBoy 2y ago
Oh god this poem. It's like generational trauma in German speaking countries. At some point during junior high every student is tasked with learning to recite it by heart. Of course it's not too hard, but there are a million things a thirteen year old kid would rather do.
- inanutshellus 2y agoMy high school's version of this was the Middle English version of Canterbury Tale's prologue. We'd then have to recite the first stanza or two in front of the class, one at a time. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43926/the-canterbury-tales-general-prologue https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43926/the-canterbury-...
- inglor_cz 2y agoFor me as a Slav, Goethe's verses are one of the few German texts that actually sound elegant, soft, somehow rich in texture... I speak and read German, but most German texts feel "cold and abrasive" to me. It is a language with very hard edges, so to say.