Write down a short poem or song that you have memorized. Did you hear or read the poem or song? How did you learn it by heart?

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

I read this poem by Walt Whitman in brother’s school book. I learned it by repeating it to myself

THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou
lovest best.
Night, sleep, and the stars.