When I was in the fifth grade at McClain School, my teacher was Mrs. Beard. Mrs. Beard loved poetry and she loved for us to memorize it. I don't have many calls for quoting poetry these days but I assume it helped train our minds for something or other. Because I still remember a few of them!
“Tell me his name and you are free, the General said. While from the tree, the grim rope dangled threateningly



