SCRABBLE: Memorize A Poem
In days of old, when I went to grade school, my classmates and I were frequently required to memorize poems and later recite them in front of the entire class. I don’t think that this is as common practice these days. But I do give great credit to my teachers back then for helping me develop my memory skills that resulted from doing those kind of assignments. Here is one of the very first poems that I remember learning.
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The Swing
by Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside–
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown–
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
Now, why don’t you go memorize a word list. For maximum benefit for your scrabble knowledge I suggest that you choose a high probability stem.
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