>>24870471 (OP)
I've recently been experimenting with memorisation, I managed to memorise the first few lines of the Illiad in the Homeric Greek using a phonetic-romanisation I developed myself by ear in a Word document. Recently, I've been memorising the poem of Earendil from the Fellowship as I think it's a beautiful poem and has such an addictive metre to listen to and speak aloud. I will type from memory what I have memorised so far:
Earendil was a mariner who tarried in Avernien, he built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil to journey in.
Her sails he wove of silver fair, of silver were her lanterns made.
Her prow he fashioned like a swan, and light upon her banners laid.
In panoply of ancient kings, in chained rings he armoured him.
His shining shield was scored with runes to ward all wounds and harm from him.
His bow was made of dragon horn, his arrows shorn of ebony.
Of silver was his habergeorn, his scabbard of chalcedony.
His sword of steel was valiant, of adamant his helmet tall.
An eagle plume upon his crest, upon his breast an emerald.
Beneath the moon and under star he wandered far from northern strands.
Bewildered on enchanted ways, beyond the days of mortal lands.
From gnashing on the narrow ice, where shadow lies on frozen hills, from nether heats and burning waste, he turned in haste, and roving still.
On starless waters far astray at last he came to night of naught, and passed and never sight he saw, of shining shore, nor light he sought.
That's all I've got so far, from probably 2 hours of just repeating each line over and over again with the rythmn sometimes smacking my leg in a beat. And then for the past few days just repeating the whole thing to myself as I go about my day and seeing how far I can get. I will hopefully have the whole thing memorised by Christmas.
