Aeneid 1.1-11 in meter, with synth

The opening lines of Vergil's Aeneid.
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I had to memorize the first 11 lines of the Aeneid for AP Latin when I was in 11 grade. We had until 3 PM on a Friday to go to our teacher and recite the lines. I went to the Classics office right at the last moment. The other Latin and Greek teachers gathered around to hear me recite the lines. I couldn't remember past the 2nd line, and my teacher helpfully gave me prompts to jog my memory. I still couldn't do it. One by one the other teachers retreated into their offices. My teacher was kind and sympathetic. I left and cried in the bathroom.
I don't know if teachers still make their students memorize the opening lines of the Aeneid, but in case they do, here's a video that may help.

Check out latinology's (much catchier) song:    • Aeneid, Book 1, Lines 1-11 -- The Mus...  
And latintutorial's excellent analysis of lines 1-7:    • Aeneid Book 1.1-7: I Sing of Arms and...  

LYRICS:
ARMA virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

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