“Mystic chords of memory.” (Lincoln had plenty of ... Everyone knows it, or a great many know it. Know it by heart. Memorizing the poem is part of growing up Italian. “L’infinito ...

The Ancient Greeks felt that learning poetry improved the mind ... Learning by heart benefits the hippocampal foundation, the ‘memory’ area of the brain. It can also give you insight into ...

The poem I really should commit to memory is Seamus Heaney’s Postscript ... who no longer need books but carry the Psalms in their heart wherever they are and wherever they go.