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3058567 No.3058567 [Reply] [Original]

In your opinions, is it less preferable to listen to a recording of a poem than read it?

>> No.3058571

Depends.

>> No.3058573
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3058573

Depends on the poem and the reader (each for a number of reasons). I generally prefer to read anything literary before hearing it read aloud - even if it's read by the author. I like to interpret the tone and things like that on my own before hearing someone else read it. There are always exceptions though. For instance, listening Natasha Trethewey read her poems aloud is absolutely wonderful. The urge to reread her works then come only from wanting to cling onto each word/line a little more.

>> No.3058574

>>3058571
On what?

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3058580

For my own purposes, I love reading poetry. But it adds another level to your understanding, I think, when the person who wrote it reads it aloud. idk.

>> No.3058587

both for pretty much* everything.

>> No.3058590

>>3058580
Man, I would love to hear Milton read Paradise Lost out loud. Or Shelley (either one, actually) read Prometheus Unbound. Or Byron read Don Juan.

>> No.3058614

>>3058573
native guard was a bore

>> No.3058617

Would you guys mind posting a video of a person/author reading poetry?

>> No.3058627
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>>3058617
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orar-V3y5Sk

>> No.3058720

>>3058617
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhM-Dm2PHHo

>> No.3058733

>>3058617
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGIr7fGdo6o

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>>3058614
I've only heard her read allowed bits of it (which I enjoyed). I read Bartocq's Ophelia and liked it quite a bit.

>>3058617
Here's a nice recording of some reading Charles Bukowski's "Bluebird." Much better, in my opinion, than listening to Bukowski read his own stuff (in which case I'd rather just read it).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmWZOsVtqR0

>> No.3058755

Depends on the poet. For like Basil Bunting, yes, you obviously need to hear them. Frank O'Hara, not so much