How to quickly memorize a poetry poem
If you learn poems often, your memory develops,therefore, memorizing even a long poem is not difficult at all. Good results are obtained by recording your own voice reciting a poem on a dictaphone. It is enough to make a recording and listen to it as often as possible, even while doing everyday things. When the poem is somewhat remembered, it can be recited synchronously with the recording.It's not difficult to quickly learn a poem about literature Photo: Getty Instructions for memorizing a poem:
- Read the poem out loud at least 3 times. It is necessary to read loudly, slowly and with expression, pondering on every word.
- Create pictures that illustrate the plot of the verse and remember them.
- Recite a poem, paying attention to the rules of syntax.
- Rewrite the verse on paper, pronouncing aloud each line.
If you can't get your head around a phrase, you can copy it down on a piece of paper and use it as a cheat sheet. After a short time, you won't need this hint either.
How to memorize a long and complex verse
The rules we have described are effective forlearning poems of short classical forms. But schoolchildren often have to learn poems that take up more than one page. In this case, you need to take note of the following tips:
- Carefully read the material, analyzing the plot and images. It is useful to come up with illustrations for the poem.
- Rewrite the verse, repeating each line out loud.
- Learn only the poem rewritten by the hand.
- Start by memorizing the first fragment. Repeat should be as long as the words are not stored in memory.
- Learn the next passage and add to the first one. After learning each next piece of text, you need to add it to the previous fragments and pronounce the verse from the very beginning.
- Take short breaks after 3-4 quatrains.
- Repeat the learned verse several times a day and always at bedtime.
- In the morning, tell the verse without rereading it.
Long poems need to be learned firstin advance, at least 2 days before the exam, so that they are well imprinted in your memory. Regular training and learning poems by heart gradually reduces the time of memorization, and learning poems becomes much easier.