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...education was spasmodic and he was frequently absent from school when the weather was bad, as there was a substantial distance between the school and his home. Hedd Wyn was an inept farmer and shepherd, but he loved looking after the sheep out on the mountain pastures, though only because the solitude and silence gave him ample opportunity to meditate and to write poetry....

...educational attainment.) For those of us lucky enough to teach or study English literature, its rewards are often even more profoundly felt and yet difficult to quantify. Literature is an aesthetic experience and a solace, an entertainment and a time machine, an infinite store of ideas and experiences. [A photograph of a woman reading to a group of children] Does...