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Meanings of recite poetry in English

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Usage of recite poetry in English
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They'll cook for you, sing for you, and recite poetry for you.
The Irish Times
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It was the first time I had heard him recite poetry:
The Hyperion Cantos
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Then he asks me to recite poetry, going over it line by line.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
4
And he can recite poetry, verses and verses, Byron and Milton and Shakespeare.
The Emigrant Trail
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He would also recite poetry written by other Germans, if let.
Ma Pettengill
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Also recite poetry and make it up on the spot.
The illuminatus! trilogy
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Everyday he'd recite poetry around the house and ask us what we felt about it.
Ebony
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I can recite poetry but I cannot write it.
Reuters
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Grace stood up, as if about to recite poetry.
Rage
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And then Howard won't get drunk and recite poetry.
The Dark House
11
He used to drink with the caliph, recite poetry to him and tell him amusing stories.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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You ought to have heard him recite poetry-his own, too, it was, he told me.
Heart Of Darkness
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Anyone attempting to read or recite poetry will be summarily ejected and handed over to the police.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
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This Avice would never recite poetry from any platform, local or other, with enthusiastic appreciation of its fire.
The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament
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Do hippies recite poetry in coffeehouses?
The lake
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Such tasks, it says, can include collecting stones or threshing wheat while others sing, read recite poetry or ululate.
Reuters
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Recite poetry through the time
Recite poetry across language varieties
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