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jleopold  ·  3525 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Learning poetry by heart

A couple summer's ago, I tried a less intensive plan. I memorized Invictus, which is pretty easy and I'd highly recommend. I can get through Death Be Not Proud by John Donne with a cue or two. But I realized that for me, at least, it was basically just a parlor trick, and that I got more from poetry just reading it, so I stopped about half way through If.