Tag Archives: Memorizing poetry

The Case for Memorizing Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2020

To bolster yourself against this age of anxiety, memorize robust poetry. Other poetry works as well.

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Memorizing Poetry Is Good for You

By Robin Bates | Published: August 28, 2017

Memorizing poetry is a powerful way to understand it. Unfortunately, the practice of doing so has fallen out of favor in schools.

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Once We Memorized Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2012

Memorizing poetry used to be standard classroom practice and poetry was widely popular before the snobs came in.

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