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> From: Ernest Slyman <[log in to unmask]>
> To: cris cheek <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Spoken Verse versus Printed Verse
> Date: 18 March 1998 14:11
>
> Thanks for responding to my note.
>
> The poet who reads aloud a poem is an interpretation of the poem for the
> audience. When one reads the same poem silently no voice is heard. We
don't
> hear the words spoken in our heads. Reading is a visual, silent method
for
> most readers.
>
> The process is not the same. No sounds are heard.
Is it really possible to read words and not hear the sound of those words?
I can't read a poem without hearing a voice inside my head
even though I am reading silently.
If I am reading the work of an author whom I've heard read
then I can hear their voice/accent
If I don't know the voice of the poet then I must invent one
and it may well be that if I choose the wrong one
then I shall misinterpret the poem.
yours
Gerald England
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