I can't write creatively, but I can learn to speak foreign
languages, and one of the most useful tricks in my toolbox is to
memorize poetry. Lots and lots of it. It gives you a bunch of
language templates to carry around in your head -- and they're
templates by the very best writers a language has to offer.
Also, it impresses the hell out of native speakers when you can
rattle off 50 lines of Goethe without stuttering.
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