Too much acting here again. It would probably suit you more to read the plays. But that style of Shakespeare is particularly American I think and a little old hat. I honestly think you should read more slowly and linger over the verse. It's beautiful poetry and you need to get some beauty into your reading. Try to lower your voice too. As an actor, you've certainly got the looks to carry it off - you'd look good in Elizabethan costume!
i of course agree that these are beautiful poems, but do not believe that there is any one "correct" way to do it. my goal here is to attach a simple action to each poem: in this case it's "get a loved one to take a chance," and be as honest about it as possible.
Your stresses are all mixed up in places. Each line in blank verse is ten syllables, five unstressed and five stressed. Pattern goes soft, hard, soft, etc. This pattern is inverted occasionally when the wording demands it. EX:
from FAIRest CREATures we DEsire inCREASE
notice how after we desire is inverted you revert back to the original pattern.
Yeah, I think you nailed it. Obviously people are free to experiment, but there ARE stresses on certain syllables, and they are that way for a reason.
you're absolutely right that it scans 'inCREASE' but to say it that way with an american accent was completely wrong. my feeling is that the pentameter is a great tool for memorization; whereas the punctuation contains the real meat of the meaning and delivery and is far more important than strict syllabic adhesion.
slower. Don't recite, speak, with emphasis on the rhyme.
raymcc85 10 months ago
It's supposed to be "But as the riper should by time DE-CEASE" Not decrease.
DarthHater100 1 year ago 2
@DarthHater100 oops
joesonnets 1 year ago
This is such a neat project, thank you! It is good to see people bringing their own energy to the bard. Very cool stuff!
P4PoetryandProse 2 years ago
Yes, do stop posting analytics.
We should be grateful someone is reciting for us.....
Warm Regards,
Morgan
acidityfalls 3 years ago
Forget the experts - play with it as you like.
I'd slow down a bit myself - maybe make it a bit more like 'thinking' - a logical exercise in exploring the words.
Not that there is any reason to follow my advice - just try and play with it.
akfarrar 4 years ago
Too much acting here again. It would probably suit you more to read the plays. But that style of Shakespeare is particularly American I think and a little old hat. I honestly think you should read more slowly and linger over the verse. It's beautiful poetry and you need to get some beauty into your reading. Try to lower your voice too. As an actor, you've certainly got the looks to carry it off - you'd look good in Elizabethan costume!
brychar66 4 years ago 2
i of course agree that these are beautiful poems, but do not believe that there is any one "correct" way to do it. my goal here is to attach a simple action to each poem: in this case it's "get a loved one to take a chance," and be as honest about it as possible.
joesonnets 4 years ago
The first line is in fact not an example of inversion, you get the point though.
glogman 4 years ago
The first line is in fact not an example of inversion, you get the point though.
glogman 4 years ago
The first line is in fact not an example of inversion, my bad. you get the point though.
glogman 4 years ago
Oh wait, i fucked that up.
glogman 4 years ago
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The first line is in fact not an example of inversion, you get the point though.
glogman 4 years ago
Your stresses are all mixed up in places. Each line in blank verse is ten syllables, five unstressed and five stressed. Pattern goes soft, hard, soft, etc. This pattern is inverted occasionally when the wording demands it. EX:
from FAIRest CREATures we DEsire inCREASE
notice how after we desire is inverted you revert back to the original pattern.
Also, Feed'st and Makest are one syllable.
glogman 4 years ago
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tndowns1122 3 years ago
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tndowns1122 3 years ago
Yeah, I think you nailed it. Obviously people are free to experiment, but there ARE stresses on certain syllables, and they are that way for a reason.
glogman 3 years ago
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tndowns1122 3 years ago
you're absolutely right that it scans 'inCREASE' but to say it that way with an american accent was completely wrong. my feeling is that the pentameter is a great tool for memorization; whereas the punctuation contains the real meat of the meaning and delivery and is far more important than strict syllabic adhesion.
joesonnets 3 years ago