Fanes (not fans) is pronounced Faynes (like bane).
Wreathéd (with an accent) is pronounced ree-thid.
Viol is pronounced vye-ol (vye like dye and ol like in old).
Ripples (with an S!)
Swellings (with an S!)
Your voice has the emotional range Ben Stein, and there is no rhythmic flow to your speech. You sound as awkward and apathetic towards Poe's words as Martha Stewart sounds during her half hour hell-hole of a tv show.
You need to read the poem to yourself and try to understand it better so that your reading has more interest, maybe listen to other readings of this and other Poe poems to get more feel for it. But I was almost shocked at how appropriate the El Greco was in the context of Poe. Very interesting synergy Poe/El Greco. Someone did Gavin Friday's breathtaking reading of Poe's 'For Annie' (on Youtube) with images that suggested film noir posters or pulp magazine illustration. Also very intersting
you should have put some more soul in your reading...and a great background song would have been "The City in The Sea by Love is Colder Than Death" :)
You pronounced several words incorrectly.
Lurid is pronounced loo-rid.
Fanes (not fans) is pronounced Faynes (like bane).
Wreathéd (with an accent) is pronounced ree-thid.
Viol is pronounced vye-ol (vye like dye and ol like in old).
Ripples (with an S!)
Swellings (with an S!)
Your voice has the emotional range Ben Stein, and there is no rhythmic flow to your speech. You sound as awkward and apathetic towards Poe's words as Martha Stewart sounds during her half hour hell-hole of a tv show.
coasterman16 3 years ago 2
You need to read the poem to yourself and try to understand it better so that your reading has more interest, maybe listen to other readings of this and other Poe poems to get more feel for it. But I was almost shocked at how appropriate the El Greco was in the context of Poe. Very interesting synergy Poe/El Greco. Someone did Gavin Friday's breathtaking reading of Poe's 'For Annie' (on Youtube) with images that suggested film noir posters or pulp magazine illustration. Also very intersting
gnikcohs 3 years ago
you should have put some more soul in your reading...and a great background song would have been "The City in The Sea by Love is Colder Than Death" :)
UNEMYSTERE 3 years ago