All 7 Uses of
recite
in
Where the Crawdads Sing
- You used to recite some, but I don't remember them.
p. 48.3recite = say aloud (lines previously memorized)
- Later in his room, Tate recited from his favorite poem: "Oh when shall I see the dusky Lake, And the white canoe of my dear?"
p. 130.9recited = said aloud
- Leaning against the old knapsack, watching the sky, she recited poetry by heart, as she did sometimes.
p. 153.7
- Speaking out loud, she recited an Amanda Hamilton poem:
I must let go now.
Let you go.
Love is too often
The answer for staying.
Too seldom the reason
For going.
I drop the line
And watch you drift away.
All along
You thought
The fiery current
Of your lover's breast
Pulled you to the deep.
But it was my heart-tide
Releasing you
To float adrift
With seaweed.p. 212.9
- LATER, WANDERING HER BEACH, she recited her favorite Amanda Hamilton poem.
p. 214.6
- At sundown, calmer, heart back in place, Kya stood on the beach, and recited: ...
p. 249.3recited = said aloud lines previously memorized
- No one to share the joy of a found feather or a finished watercolor. Reciting poetry to gulls.
p. 343.9 *reciting = saying aloud
Definitions:
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(1)
(recite) to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem
or:
to say in detail -- especially a list of things -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The noun form, recitation, normally refers to the act of reciting or to what was recited; however, much more rarely, it can refer to a session in which a teaching assistant reviews and expands on a teacher's lecture.