Wondering how that changes when you commit 12 words to a melody.

Almost everyone retains dozens of nursery rhymes and hundreds of song lyrics in their head.

I get that the rhyming schemes help, but I also think about stage actors that can retain vast passages of Shakespeare in their heads and recite back, word perfect.

I can recite back the American pledge of allegiance, even though I haven’t spoken those words in decades. 🤔