{"id":289930,"date":"2011-03-04T19:56:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T19:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/tennyson-poem-chosen-for-olympics\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T19:56:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T19:56:38","slug":"tennyson-poem-chosen-for-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/tennyson-poem-chosen-for-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennyson poem chosen for Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"60.3454437165\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>4 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>14:56 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem has been chosen to inspire athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield&#8221;, from Ulysses, will be engraved as a permanent installation in the centre of the Olympic Village.<\/p>\n<p>The public was invited to suggest inspiring poetry representing the values of the Olympic Games last year.<\/p>\n<p>Four other poems will also feature around the complex.<\/p>\n<p>The selections were chosen by a panel which included Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, author Sebastian Faulks, poet Daljit Nagra and broadcasters Clare Balding and John Inverdale.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-12648407#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>London 2012 &#8211; Begin your journey here<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<!-- pullout-items--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- pullout-body--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Sport, news and more 2012 information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- pullout-links--><\/div>\n<p>Reasons for nominating the Tennyson line emphasised its universal appeal including comments such as &#8220;it sums up the courage needed to live life to the full&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nagra liked it because it is &#8220;a clarion call to the best parts of our searching inquiring selves that is just as suited to a gold medal winner as it is to the ordinary worker in their daily round&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Lines from Robert Browing, Langston Hughes, Denise Levertov and Sean O&#8217;Brien poems were also selected from the public nominations.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennyson installation will be seen daily by the athletes and officials living and working in the Olympic Village during the 2012 Games.  <\/p>\n<p>After the Games, the wall will remain after the Village is converted into new housing. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/entertainment-arts-12648407\" title=\"Tennyson poem chosen for Olympics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennyson poem chosen for Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4 March 2011 Last updated at 14:56 ET A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem has been chosen to inspire athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. &#8220;To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield&#8221;, from Ulysses, will be engraved as a permanent installation in the centre of the Olympic Village. 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