Poetry News

3-year-old can recite more poetry than you can

Originally Published: September 05, 2010

Remember that cute video of a  Billy Collins-reciting toddler? Well, the mini-bard is back, now with some Alfred, Lord Tennyson to boot. Where did the adorable tyke pick up his remarkable talent for memorization? All we know for sure is that his YouTube videos have way more views than Collins'.

From ABC News:

Samuel's parents began reading to him at an early age, and he began to speak when he was just a one-year-old. Six months later, he was already memorizing books and reciting them.

"He's always had a gift for memorizing things. He had 'Green Eggs and Ham' memorized, so we started reading him other things, just poetry we liked," said Della.

Samuel particularly liked the poem "Litany," by Billy Collins.