By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember, Edited by Ted Hughes
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In a blog comment, Jacob mentioned a book called By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember, compiled and edited by Ted Hughes. Since it was only $4 including shipping, I ordered a copy.
I’ve flipped through the book and the selection of poems looks good with many poems that I would be interested in memorizing. At 143 pages, it’s much lighter than many poetry compilations.
The introduction is about seven pages and introduces the story method:
- Take key words from the poem and make a list.
- Then string the words in the list into a vivid story.
Hughes also mentions that auditory memory is very strong and that the keywords should be enough to jog the auditory memory.
The only problem I saw with the book was a mistake in the poem, Jabberwocky, where it says “borogroves” instead of “borogoves” (twice). I hope that is the only typo.
