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The Divine Comedy and the Art of Memorizing Epic Poetry w/ Vanni De Luca

The Craft of Memory Podcast

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How to Memorize an Epic Poem

There seems to be two different approaches to the first letter method. Some people treat it more like an acrostic, where they try to create an image out of those letters. The second approach is the other thing that you mentioned, where they use it more as an aid in the process of review. For memorizing an epic poem, one would need to review a lot.

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