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		allturtles 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing is thinking AFAIK the dominant theory is that they weren't memorized as a whole text, but composed on the fly with the help of a memorized set of stock formulas. [0] [0]: https://poets.org/glossary/oral-formulaic-method

AceyMan 9 months ago [–]

So, basically the ancient precursor to the skills of a good rapper.

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