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How to Possess a Poem by Memory

November 21, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Memorisation is a lost art.

Particularly when it comes to poetry.

People hardly even read poetry anymore, let alone memorise poems.

But memorising a poem is possessing a poem, and that’s where most of a poem’s value comes in.

Here’s how to memorise a poem

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