Give him a sandwich, and he'll recite you a poem.
"Our God," Muslims are asked to recite, "You are peace, and peace is from You".
According to the Talmud, one who sees a great king or political leader, recites, "You are Bountiful, Holy One our God, Sovereign of SpaceTime, who gives of Your power and glory to flesh and blood".
Verbal rehearsal of material — the shopping list you recite as you walk the aisles of a supermarket — is part of our working memory system.
The psalm you recite when you cannot take another step -- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death -- is poetry.
Find some positive mantras that you can recite when you feel down.
It might help to have a mantra you can recite when you notice your thoughts turning obsessive.
Cooke adds that connecting new knowledge with what you already know is a big help, as is reciting what you have just learned to commit it to memory.
1. Nothing makes you look more like a double digit IQ than reciting what you saw on a TV show.
By reciting poetry you learn how to play with the words.
