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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
23
The article explains poetry as deeply felt language with a special form and rhythm. It traces poetry from primitive rhythmic dances and drum uses to chants and the bard, noting how rhythmic patterns inspired early writing and later Greek verse.
The text notes that music and dance accompanied performances. It then mentions the development of a Greek poetry form that recounted heroic events and described diverse people's lives.
A light breath is lighter than a feather but hard to hold. A bed has four legs and one foot. A catfish is a fish kept as a household pet.
Three familiar vegetables are hidden in jumbled phrases to be solved in tomorrow’s paper. A reader entry from Dwight Walker of Seneca South Carolina is noted as today’s winner. The Condor, a South American vulture, shows a wingspan up to nine feet and soars between 10 000 and 60 000 feet.
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