"Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats (poetry reading)

This was one of the first poems I recorded. I was still learning the ropes then, and the sound sampling technique I used in early videos resulted in a muffled sound quality. That doesn't mean this recording is better in other ways, I just wanted to do it again.

The picture is alleged to be of the actual urn that inspired the poem.

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• Ode
• Grecian
• Urn
• John
• Keats

[chrish12345]

I'm sorry I thought Keats was a cockney rascal, not Bran Perkins. It sounds good like this but...

[SpokenVerse]

@chrish12345 Who's Brad Perkins? My later reading is better, using better equipment etc. Still, I see that one's already among your favourites...

[jandrews270]

A few moments of time, so much power.

[chrish12345]

lol Brian Perkins used to read the news on Radio 4 in the UK - you just remind me of him a bit. I just think that if people are aware of Wordsworth having a Yorkshire accent (whatever that may have sounded like in those days), perhaps we should be aware of Keats' probable accent when thinking about his poetry. Of course Burns had a dual use of Scottish, but probably in the other direction - he 'went local' in his works but was capable of writing and speaking a more universal form of Scottish.

[KingSol0mon]

My 12th grade English teacher used to always call on me to interpret poetry. I was particularly well suited to the romantics. Keats remains my favorite poet from that period. The last line, "Truth is beauty and beauty, Truth" is to be interpreted from the deepest spiritual perspective. For everything that is of God is truly "beautiful".

[greenstboy]

A masterpiece and nicely read. Thanks.

[marcolopolis55]

I think you broke your own rule with this one. You recited this one with a lot of emotion. Enjoyed it.

[NasaCortis]

i love Keats, and this reading does Him justice. Well done

[greenteaJung]

A reading par excellence!