Idk about the States, but memorizing and reciting poetry is standard in Polish elementary and high schools. For example, as an assignment everybody is given abo

Idk about the States, but memorizing and reciting poetry is standard in Polish elementary and high schools. For example, as an assignment everybody is given about two weeks to memorize a poem such as this: https://literat.ug.edu.pl/amwiersz/0004.htm https://literat.ug.edu.pl/amwiersz/0004.htm