Let's Remember Together
For the visits when you run out of things to say.
Quick Quiz
Game 99
The poem learnt by heart
Standing by the desk
A video by Snoopythack1
The game's question
Recite the opening in two voices, and let the end of the line find its own way back.
At school, poems were learnt by heart and said aloud standing beside the desk. Some came with funny animals, like Edward Lear’s owl and pussy-cat. Together, finish this opening line: ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green…’
- Ship
- Boat
- Raft
Need a hint?
It rhymes with ‘coat’. Then carry on together for a line or two, if the words come.
See the answer
Answer: Boat – a beautiful pea-green boat, in Edward Lear’s poem.
Why this game : Saying a poem learnt as a child, in two voices, puts you back in the classroom of those days.
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