Rhapsode
Poetry Worth Remembering
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Classical learning on the go. Learn poetry by heart like the ancient rhapsodes and help preserve the tradition of impassioned recitation.
"I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is nothing about death that Swinburne and Landor knew but Epicurus and Heidegger failed to grasp. Rather, it is because I would have lived more fully if I had been able to rattle off more old chestnuts – just as I would have if I had made more close friends."
Richard Rorty
Rhapsode helps you commit to heart the greatest of what has been thought and said.
The app uses a progressive memorization method. First, you read through the poem line by line to learn its rhythms and sounds. Then, words are slowly removed until you can recite without any assistance. Don't worry, you can always ask for a hint.
The library includes works from poets like W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and more. Browse by theme, era, or collection, and build your own personal anthology of poems and quotes worth remembering.
Features:
· Progressive memorization across multiple stages — from full text to unassisted recitation
· A curated library of classical and modern poetry in the public domain
· Save your favorite lines and passages as searchable quotes
· Track your progress across every poem you're learning
· Dark mode for comfortable reading
· Clean design built for focus
· No ads. Not now, not ever.
Rhapsode is for students, teachers, aesthetes, flâneurs, classical educators, homeschool teachers, and all others who believe, as Shelley did, that "[p]oetry redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man."
Ratings & Reviews
Improved offline syncing, and various fixes throughout.
The developer, Wyatt McNamara, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Wyatt McNamara
- Size
- 14.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
Guns or Other Weapons
- Copyright
- © 2026 Rhapsode