“A simple traditional song or poem for children” (Oxford Dictionaries)
The Difficulty of Defining Nursery Rhymes
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon
Nursery Rhymes and (cynical) jokes
– rebellion against authority
- releasing taboos in polite society
John Dryden (9 Aug 1631 – 30 April 1700), nicknamed Town-Bayes, an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England.
Born in the village rectory of Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The eldest of 14 childrenof Eramus Dryden and Mary Pickering – an Parliamentary supporting family with Puritan learnings.
In
general education on the basis of basic general education continues for two years and ends when students are 17-18
Parenting
Hardship
Adaption to harsh weather
Follow strong leader
Follow social norms
Less individual thought
Ballet troupe
Parental indulgence
(over-protectiveness)
Focus on one or two children
Crime
Traffic accident
Terrorism
kidnapping
Discovered" by the poet Henry Vaughan (Olor Iscanus)
Used "Orinda" as a pen-name
Wrote poetry principally to Mary Aubrey, her "Rosania“
After Mary's marriage Katharine's chief poetic "correspondent" became Anne Owen, or "Lucasia"
Poems by the Incomparable Mrs. K.P. (1664), which was withdrawn a few days after publication
Cotterell's "authorized" edition of the Poems appeared in
children still play in parts of North Africa and elsewhere.(시골에서 부유층은 낚시와 사냥도 즐겼다. 로마에는 핸드볼과 비슷한 구기 종목도 있었다. 주사위 놀이, 보드 게임, 도박도 매우 인기 있는 오락거리였다. 여성들은 이런 활동에 참가하지 않았다. 부자들은 저녁 잔치에서 음악, 춤, 시 낭송과 같은 오락을 즐