LL-L "Memorization" 2011.02.18 (01) [EN]

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From: Obiter Dictum <obiterdictum at mail.ru>
Subject: LL-L "???" 2011.02.?? (01) [EN]

Hello Lowlanders,

Has anyone wondered exactly why poetry is

 (i) easier and sooner memorized,
(ii) easier and readier recalled and
(iii) longer remembered?

What do you think the rythm, meter and rhyme has to do with it?
Does, say, the meter or rhyme incidence get in tune/resonance with
what brain scientists call brain electric activity frequencies so that
neuronal patterns form sooner and easier and stay longer?

(To say nothing of more memorable fresher verbal images the poetry is known
for).

Has someone researched the matter? The proverbial British scientist, for
example?
Does anyone know any resources a mouse click away?

Thanks in advance.

Vlad Lee aka Toyotomi Ri
Sakhalin, Russian Far East

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