Spanish Poetry Memorization

Question

I need to memorize a poem in Spanish by Monday. I would like to know what the best way of doing this is, and where to get my pronunciations for each of the words. The poem is as followed:

"Mediodia Jaime Torres Bodet, poeta mexicano Tener, al mediodía, abiertas las ventanas Del patio iluminado que mira al comedor. Oler un olor .... de sol y de manzanas. Decir cosas sencillas: las que inspiran amor ... Sentirse, ial fin!, maduro, para ver en las cosas Nada más que las cosas: el pan, el sol, la miel ... Ser nada más el ... que deshoja unas rosas, Y graba, con la uña, un nombre en el mantel."

Answer 1

I'm no teacher, but a cool thing about spanish is most words are pronounced just like they appear, typically with every vowel sounded out. In other words if you can speak it, you can write it. There are some differences from english you just have to learn, like the letters j, h, y, double l (LL), and multi vowel combos that have their own sounds, But in general it sounds just like it looks, Regarding memorizing most word have english counterparts if you look carefully. Mediodia = (middle)day, etc.That can help you remember the word,