My top tips for learning a poem by heart is to use the parrot method. Now it's called the parrot method because you basically repeat what it is you want to learn. And I do this all the time. If I'm trying to learn a new poem off by heart, I will walk around my room and I will repeat the poem. So I'll have the poem in hand and I will read it through and I will repeat it through reading it a few times. And then I'll break down the different verses and I will see if I can say the first verse without looking, and I will check if I'm right. If I'm right, I will then move on to the second verse and see if I can say that without looking. If I'm right, I'll then go back to the beginning and see if I can say the first and the second verse without looking. If I can, then I'll include the third verse and see if I can say the first, second, and third verse without looking. And in that way, I slowly start to build up my memory of the poem in my head, which helps me then perform the poem. And from then on, I know off by heart. Good luck.