"Ode on Melancholy" by John Keats (poetry reading)

[SovereignBeing]

imagine being his 'bright star' ...

[ChelleC25]

Bravo

[dracentsparkle]

beautiful love keats and you read it perfect blessings

[blowingbubbles2]

I love Keats.

[civilizationinruins]

I like the second reading better. It's more, er, melancholy.

[NoOrdinaryCity]

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[SpokenVerse]

@NoOrdinaryCity A Rode podcaster, but all that stuff is covered on my channel page. I know very little about microphones, software or equipment. In fact I've been wondering about getting one that better suits my voice.

[NoOrdinaryCity]

Did you read this yourself? If so - GREAT job. Reminds me of the voice of Alexander Scourby - a great Shakespearean actor whose voice can be heard reading words of weight, let's just say, "in the same league" as those of Keats...here:

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[SpokenVerse]

@NoOrdinaryCity Yes I read all the stuff in this channel, and I hope you will listen to a few more.

[langstonify]

Sounds great. Splendid.

[swantonist]

i like the second one better. It sounds warmer and i think melancholy would be a slower emotion... I've always pictured melancholy as amber-colored, amber-colored hard candy. Except when you put it in your mouth it grows softer and it melts.

I wonder how Keats would want this one read.. he probably wouldn't know. I definitely don't know whenever i write something. I don't even think about that.

[Forteverum]

But Keats advises us to avoid Lethe, and all manner of other palliatives in order to fully experience Melancholy, including Lithium, that element from Lethe.

[thissong4you]

I love the sensual imagery of Keats' poetry, and your beautiful, sensual reading. The word "melancholy" itself is so beautiful, much to be desired over "depression."  Thank you.

[colourmegone]

@thissong4you The ancient term for depression is actually much more poetic, "melancholia". There's a famous drawing entitled "Melancholia" by Durer.