If you analyze Dante’s Italian, the 11+11+11 rule seems a little iffy, for he often counts two syllables as one if they are both vowels and ignores unstressed syllables if they fall at the end of the line.
By “images” you seem to mean any noun or modifying phrase even if they are abstract rather than concrete. Doesn’t that place an additional burden on memorization, when (contra the author of Ad Herrenium) it is so much more efficient to rely on muscle memory to remember the words, precisely for the reason you point out, the pairing (and indeed, wealth) of rhymes, alliteration and assonance?
It is somewhat challenging to explain the details of image creation here (there are no set rules on what words to choose but there are guidelines). Essentially, since the lines are short, one does not need to create many images in each locus. Some lines of poetry are very long and in order to memorize it one needs to use 3-5 images for one locus or distribute those images across multiple loci. In regard to 11+11+11. I recommend to check out the commentaries of Hollander for more detail or Jason M Baxter.
The main benefit of the memory palace is the internal organization of texts. Certain periods emphasized rhetoric and they valued access of texts without referring to a physical artifact for delivering speeches, sermons, debate, etc. So, the memory palace was often used, although more difficult to use than other approaches.
If you analyze Dante’s Italian, the 11+11+11 rule seems a little iffy, for he often counts two syllables as one if they are both vowels and ignores unstressed syllables if they fall at the end of the line.
By “images” you seem to mean any noun or modifying phrase even if they are abstract rather than concrete. Doesn’t that place an additional burden on memorization, when (contra the author of Ad Herrenium) it is so much more efficient to rely on muscle memory to remember the words, precisely for the reason you point out, the pairing (and indeed, wealth) of rhymes, alliteration and assonance?
It is somewhat challenging to explain the details of image creation here (there are no set rules on what words to choose but there are guidelines). Essentially, since the lines are short, one does not need to create many images in each locus. Some lines of poetry are very long and in order to memorize it one needs to use 3-5 images for one locus or distribute those images across multiple loci. In regard to 11+11+11. I recommend to check out the commentaries of Hollander for more detail or Jason M Baxter.
The main benefit of the memory palace is the internal organization of texts. Certain periods emphasized rhetoric and they valued access of texts without referring to a physical artifact for delivering speeches, sermons, debate, etc. So, the memory palace was often used, although more difficult to use than other approaches.