Trying out metrical reading on A Sound Blog. The stuff I find I really want to read is not BV at all (yay for anapests and Annabel Lee and The Destruction of Sennacherib!) so here’s a compromise – Marvell (in IT, thanks, Harry), because Marvell is mostly fun (he’s the one with the lady raving over entrails in a cave. With horrid care, no less.)
I’m mulling over a passage in heroic couplets (thanks, Harry) – from Pope’s Essay on Criticism – that I may record and put up later. Or not.
I have to say that some of that old BV stuff (Milton, Keats, Shelley, anyone?) is seriously unenthralling. At the moment.
Harry said,
May 11, 2007 at 10:34 am
The Marvell isn’t in IP and Pope’s Essay On Criticism isn’t in blank verse. I know, pedantic of me, but these things do make a difference.
verylikeawhale said,
May 11, 2007 at 11:27 am
Harry! So cool to see you here. Many thanks for the corrections — much appreciate the input.
angie said,
May 12, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Please do read Annabel Lee if you ever have the whim again.
verylikeawhale said,
May 13, 2007 at 4:37 pm
You’re asking for it!!
angie said,
May 13, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I am! It’s one of my very favorite poems and I’d love to hear you read it.