<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414676" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The birth of poetry for M lady Mary Gordley</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The birth of poetry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Before the advent of the written word.<br>When all knowledge was passed on orally.<br>then history relied on memory.<br>Men had to memorise all that they heard<br>Perhaps this was the birth of poetry.<br>The tribal elders found they could recall <br>in simple rhyming verses best of all.<br>Easily committed to memory.<br>Long, long before recorded history.<br>The elders chose and trained one man to be <br>The current guardian of their legacy<br> of knowledge they had garnered carefully.<br>When all knowledge was passed on orally <br>Then history relied on memory<br> Poetic piers<br>http: //blog my space.com.poetic piers<br>12-May-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414676" data-title="The birth of poetry for M lady Mary Gordley de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="The birth of poetry. Before the advent of the written word. When all knowledge was passed on orally. then history relied on memory. Men had to memorise all that they heard Perhaps this was the birth of poetry. The tribal elders found they could r..."></div> </div> </div>

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