I would say precisely because it is on a screen, not a (modern -
mediaeval & Renaissance printing is something else) page; it has
increased visuality & relatively less aurality (sic). I often have
trouble hearing what I read online because of that spacious visual
quality. I left a lot of "classic poetry" in a dry cellar in Frankfurt
because I know that most is available online if I want to reread it, but
now I wish I'd brought Herrick in that charming little edition my uncle
left me - the words seemed to leap off the page & onto my tongue much
more easily. Next time I get into that cellar...
mj
Roger Collett wrote:
> Probably because you are distracted by the surrounding poems. On the
> screen a single poem demands you attention more.
>
> Roger
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>> Yes, much more satisfying this way without the "I".
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>> Four of us agree! amazing!
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>> Strange - I enjoy this kind of "still-life" poem onscreen,
>> but if I read them in a book they usually don't grab me.
>> Why???
>>
>> Janet
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