I would argue that doing that kind of dive into foundational texts in the English literary cannon is more useful than you might expect. Things like the Canterbu

I would argue that doing that kind of dive into foundational texts in the English literary cannon is more useful than you might expect. Things like the Canterbury Tales were often recited live by someone standing on a table, as you may remember from that lesson. The exercise of memorizing and orally reciting the couplets gives you a totally different intuitive understanding of the material. This also gives you a window through which you can better understand later works, like Shakespeare. Modern literature is also full of allusions and references to these foundational texts, so a passing familiarity gives you access to a deeper reading of newer works. Prior to Chaucer educated people in Europe considered English unsuitable for poetry. His work is part of the story of how English came to be an important global language. That's all to say that going deep on literary classics is valuable in a way that cursive is not.