Question

shall i compare thee to a summer’s day?
thou art more lovely and more temperate:
rough winds do shake the darling buds of may,
and summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
and often is his gold complexion dimm’d,
and every fair from fair sometime declines,
by chance, or nature’s changing course untrimm’d:
but thy eternal summer shall not fade,
nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
when in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
so long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
—\sonnet 18,\
william shakespeare
imagine that you have chosen to memorize and recite shakespeare’s “sonnet 18.”
what is the first step you should take once you have chosen a poem to
memorize?
read the entire poem aloud.
what is a good memorizing strategy to use for this poem?
writing down the rhyming words
memorizing one part at a time
putting the poem in my own words

Explanation:

First Question (First step to memorize a poem)

When memorizing a poem, the first step is to familiarize oneself with the text. Reading the entire poem aloud helps in understanding the flow, rhythm, and overall structure, which is essential before starting the memorization process.

"Sonnet 18" has a structured rhyme scheme and is a bit lengthy. Memorizing one part at a time (like a quatrain or a few lines) allows for focused learning, making it easier to build up the memorization of the whole poem. Writing down rhyming words alone may not capture the full text, and putting it in one's own words changes the original work and isn't helpful for reciting the poem as written.

Answer:

Read the entire poem aloud.

Second Question (Good memorizing strategy for "Sonnet 18")