Dulce et Decorum est

A poem by Wilfred Owen, recited by me
~xx

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[Xerxal]

Well read.

[morwen555]

Thank-you. :)

~xx

[silverbiscuit]

Disappointed shells? Isn't it 'tired, outstripped Five Nines'?

[morwen555]

In the little book I have, it's as spoken. =]

Perhaps there have been variations, I am not sure.

~xx

[falstaffswims]

@morwen555 You're nice, right, and clever. Sorry those words have become like cliches, but they mean a lot.

[morwen555]

@cleverfeller

I do apologise if my enunciation was poor - this was three years ago however... and spoken from the heart rather than the head (so you must excuse my apparent lack of metre and such).

Also, when I posted this I didn't think the image of a teenage girl reading aloud in a cluttered lounge would enhance the piece a great deal... hence the picture.

I'd of posted this as a private message rather than as a long winded response but it seems your profile is unavailable.

Take care,

~xx

[foldedintobeauty2]

i'm american and hearing this poem with the accent of a brit makes the poem more real. imo.

[greaser123455]

sounds like hermione from harry potter

[bolderiks]

You really read to fast. It's not just a story to be told. Remember the whites in a poem are as important as the words.

[walterTT111]

I have read this poem some 35 yrs ago and I still believe that it is the greatest poem ever written about war. There has been many variations of this poem . some I found on the net differ from the one I read and studied when I was a student. Referring to my book ( Rhyme and Reason.- Raymond O' Malley and Denys Thompson-revised edition)

"Drunk with fatigue;deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping behind.