How to quickly learn a verse

Here is a poem that you need to remember for a couple of hours? Do not worry, because even a great poem can be learned by heart with the help of several special techniques.

Instruction manual

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To get started, read the whole poem, preferably aloud. After a short pause, read it again, but more slowly, trying to learn the meaning of each stanza. Then set the book aside and try to retell in your own words what you just read. Clarify the meaning of words unknown to you. Well, if at this stage you can play several rhymes.

2

Read the poem again, mentally dividing it not into quatrains, but into stanzas. Start memorizing them one at a time. Do not learn the poem line by line - if you cannot combine the thought into a single whole, it is likely that you will forget each subsequent line. During repetitions, boldly peek into the text so as not to create long pauses between forgotten lines and unnecessary excitement.

3

Already at the stage of memorization, pronounce the poem with expression, noting with intonation pauses, rises and questions where necessary. Repeating verse after verse, imagine everything you are talking about. You should feel the poem as if you yourself were a witness to the events described in it.

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If memorization is difficult for you, rewrite the poem by hand several times. Write slowly, line by line, do not shorten the words. This will help consolidate the process of remembering. Take a short pause. If you need to learn a poem for tomorrow, repeat it for the night, as in school. In the morning, read it by heart again. If you need to learn a poem in 30-40 minutes, break this time into 2 parts, between which take a five-minute break.

Useful advice

Memorizing verses helps to avoid distraction, forgetfulness, and improves concentration. To keep your memory always trained, experts recommend memorizing 1-2 quatrains daily.