Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath

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[PoetryPoemsPoets]

You did an excellent job. Sylvia has to be one of the hardest to read out loud, but you did it and you added your own personal touch to it.

[deadeyesox]

she is hot but unfortunately she reads an awful poem written by one psychopathic whore..

[LeybaArt]

enjoyed your reading

[GronlandicBarrett]

this is beautiful, your voice is very relaxing

[GangsterLogan]

Your accent goes well with this

[dcspaced]

Actually I think her reading is great. I see in my previous comment I gave it a mixed review. It's weird to read stuff you wrote on a different occasion. While I admire both the poet and the reader, always remember, especially today, that there are lots of people working day and night to make the world miserable, so the poetic souls amongst us have to work hard to find and spread a little joy.

[MarmaladeSkies]

a sweet job, your emphasis is well-marked, but listen to some of these words again and work on your accent.

[dcspaced]

"I am only 30" She looks about 13. She sounds like a precocious kid with emotional problems and maybe high on something. Maybe that's not so far from Plath but Plath sounds professorial by comparison. An interesting reading.

[mateogalandesoto]

Русская, да?

[rambydave]

Be careful with Plath....many of us are dead.

[baldbollocks]

badly read

[MigelMeUp]

sweet, a great poem being read by a hot girl ;D

[xAizaOnigirix]

you did really great! is that your real accent? It sounds amazing in the poem! you sound very much like her! amazing!

[czerwony45]

Dobra robota! Jesteś bardzo śliczny

[PimpMyParadigm]

"A MIRACLE!!!" love that part ...thank you good job

[mckenny2k4]

nicely read, pretty girl.

[susanksweet]

Really, really good job. The lack of synchronization was a problem, as someone else said, but the reading was wonderful. And your accent works beautifully! You should make more videos, particularly of Plath poems. Her stuff is hard to read well, but you seem to have an instinct for her brand of intellect-meets-agony. Well done.

[HellsingxSoprano]

Your English is really good, your accent is beautiful, and your reading is emotional and incredibly done! :D

[thisisonlinevids]

Your accent is beautiful, lovely reading. Do make more videos. You will have an audience. Plath is a fantastic Scorpio poet...

[PRIXIES]

when you name your darkness light cause you can't stand it this is the begining of suiside

[zaftra]

you sound like her, was that intentional

[smellslikechildren1]

That was a brilliant reading. I loved it.

[RobertLowellPoetry]

I really like this reading. Good job. I'd like to see more like it in the future. (The lack of synchronization is a bit distracting though.)

[paclingan1992]

Totally having to see the prejudiced racism of banapaper14 in the comments, I really liked this video. It's great to see Plath's genius expressed in this age. Good job :)

[ladylamberth1]

very much enjoyed the passionate and accurate reading of this poem - great job

[bananapaper14]

are you fucking kidding me? please do not continue on doing these things... you're just ruining Silvia Plath's poetry.

[davetheshaker]

I Am Really Enjoying These Recitings Of Sylvia Plaths Poem. You Are Terribly Good At Them Also In Your Delivery Of Them. I For One Think You Should Definately Do More Of These. An Absolute Joy!!!!

[Vilaven]

Well read!!!

[minieinstein319]

I think behind the really thick accent is nice poetry reading. The rhythm is a bit too slow and takes away from the meaning especially when you have such long pauses in the middle.

[pierangela69]

well done !

[amelioooo]

I hate to be rude but you are no Sylvia.

[sizzlefashizzle]

LOL.

We already have the real thing...why try to imitate it?

[scarlettdrawl]

There is a huge difference between dramatic interpretation and over dramatic. Plath's reading is dramatic, but still sounds genuine. This did not.

[Hallowspacegirl]

Bravo, you sound just like her. I wonder, do you read or write yourself in your own tone? I am merely curious. Still, you did her justice. Beautiful.

[emeraldsrain]

Have these people never heard Sylvia Plath read it before? She sounds just as dramatic as this girl does!

[scarlettdrawl]

I'm not so sure YOU'VE heard Plath before!

[emeraldsrain]

Sure I have. And what you have to say is merely your opinion. This is mine. Mine just so happens to be correct. :)

[GhostGirlsays]

i really like this i dont know what every one els is talking about to dramatic i prefer this much more than mono tone.

[guarapopo]

deja de leer el poema y aprendetelo de memoria

[gloogun08]

i love your accent but that's all i could focus on. it sounded like a mix between irish and patwa. You go a bit slow, to the point where I stopped paying attention and started focusing on your mouth. one question, is that your accent, or is it for effect? i really like it, please respond to me and tell me. Other than going a bit slow,I really liked everything else with your inflection. great reading!

[PrivateSchulz]

Is that your real brain, or one from a five year old Downs Syndrome sufferer, which you have borrowed for the occasion?

[scarlettdrawl]

What an uncalled for response. The accent really is a bit questionable. ad the person even said they liked it.

[gloogun08]

don't ask such stupid questions, i just gave my opinion. it wasn't even directed at you. why did you feel so insulted? ridiculous.

[scarlettdrawl]

When i said accent below, i mispoke. It's not your actual voice, but your tone and inflection. It's just too dramatic.

[scarlettdrawl]

this just seems way overdone. Your voice and actions should never re-tract from the poem. I'm too busy watching your eyes and trying to figure out your accent to admire the actual words.

[GallopingManic]

for some reason, the fact that you're reading the poem diminishes the impact a bit

[AgnosticJesus]

this is my favorite poem ever... good job!

[amaxamon]

You should read "Crow : From The Life & Songs of Crow" by Ted Hughes :)

[starsxrockets]

Your voice is beautiful. I love this.

[yu1142]

why not write your own poem?

[artoriagibbons]

you read much like sylvia, although she was american.

[sexboywonder]

excellent job, surprising any European knows anything of American culture besides Puritans and Hamburgers tho. they dont know much normally, and yes, I DID .!

[ShockResistor]

Europeans are usually far more cultured than americans,actually. And, I'm not saying that because I am european cause I'm not. I am American.

[poosaypirate]

speak for yourself doll face- apparently you are associating with the wrong people or spending too much time watching TV.

[bananapaper14]

@poosaypirate please... I know there are inteligent Americans somwehere... I just cannot see them... they're hidden in another galaxy or something (Of course there are stupid Europeans, but at least you can easily find smart ones in the street... not like Americans because to find a smart one you need to pray God for some years...)

[poosaypirate]

@bananapaper14 HONK HONK!

Are you a PARROT or something? you have to repeat everything you hear from some where lese? think independantly and dont make sweeping generalizations on 300 million people on the basis of national origin, the most probable reason you have not met any one intelligent on either side of the Atlantic is that they probably try to avoid your lot.

try some fuckin respect and people wont think you are stupid

PS. read the Pisa Study

[bananapaper14]

if you were a smart American you would have just ignored my comment because there is no point in arguing with someone you don't even know.

PS: Americans ARE stupids, they cannot even WRITE in their own lanaguage (what the fuck is "some where lese"?!) Besides, of course there are smart Americans, what I'm saying is that they're hidden in the moon in order not to find the stupid ones. God bless America that gives us an idea of what stupidity is! ;)

[poosaypirate]

@bananapaper14 well that's not a very scientific test of yours, so I guess you are stupid which is why, in some way you are right, it is unwise to argue with a retard and one of the defining factors of a full idiot is bigotry - in your case, making gross sweeping generalizations about a population of 300 million people on the basis of national origin. Hey- no wonder Europe invaded Native American Lands - at the time they believed Natives were savages- & by the way it wasnt India, stupid.-

[bananapaper14]

stupid, stupid American.

You don't even get that I'm saying that there are some smart ones, but they're hidden in the moon, so you'll NEVER find them! ;)

by the way I'm not even European, I'm Costa Rican you IDIOT

[VictorHageman]

quit it valeria. what are you so upset about?

[bananapaper14]

because it's just way too funny

[VictorHageman]

no it's not. you bitch! people don't understand you! and now they'll feel really sad. poor them

[poosaypirate]

@bananapaper14 dont really remember reading anything noteworthy about Costa Rica on the Pisa Study kunt face

[algerianhistory]

When you generalise, you miss out on people that you could enjoy and dream along with. I am an American and many parts of me want to agree with your sentinement but I chose to look for the parallel strengths that less scholarly people posses. Sylvia was an American, bananapaper. When she went to school in the UK, she encountered plenty of snobs. The reality is that she is the strongest poetic voice to emerge out of the 20th century. She is an American as was Anne Sexton

[samizdat45]

@algerianhistory agreed, her and allen ginsberg changed america through and through

[algerianhistory]

Agreed. Sylvia Plath encountered a lot of the same predjudices as a college student. I am very quick to remind people that 2 of the premiere poets of the century, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were both Americans. If all Banana has been exposed to are less bright people, she is going to espouse this belief. Its quite sad because she might have met a very precious and tender American who could have added to her life. Instead, she is clinging to a belief that will seperate her from other hearts

[algerianhistory]

I think I need to remind you that Sylvia was American. Living in Costa Rica, I am sure you are exposed to plenty of Americans but they might not be the brightest crayons in the box. My parents are both PhD's and I am a poet and an orator and scholar and I have nor they have ever expressed an interest in travelling to Costa Rica. You end up with drug dealers and surfers there. I am not saying that there is no merit to what you are saying. I have never met a scholarly Costa Rican

[algerianhistory]

Please open your heart and your eyes and judge people on an individual basis. You will miss out on so many people that could dream along side of you by prejudging..There are all kinds of people in the USA. You most likely have been exposed to the bottom of the barrel if your opinion is based on the tourists you have met in Costa Rica or primarily people you meet in an apartment complex. I am a poet as is my daughter and we are Americans. SYLVIA PLATH was AMERICAN as well.

[VictorHageman]

Stop it asshole. Bananapaer14 i sitting right beside me. You have made her sad. ASSHOLE!

[ibanezsam4]

HA! ever sat next to, or eaten with one? men are men, women are women, the world over. i think you're mistaking an accent for culture.

[muskratman18]

Wonderful job.

[Lyricaljust]

You did a really good job.. I've been studying some of Plath's poetry too.. Your delivery of this piece was very nicely done.

[LucyInTheSky88]

Thanks, I appreciate your opinion. I'll try do make more videos

[bananapaper14]

Please do NOT!!!!!!!

[mishima1970]

Please post some more videos......

[juancagrimoldi]

i love the poem, i love your accent. You do it great! Why don't you read another of sylvia's poems?

[mishima1970]

Your Polish accent is incredibly beautiful......

[GhostGirlsays]

i loe this poem.

u do it justic.