The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164514   Message #3937484
Posted By: Jos
15-Jul-18 - 10:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Anyone for Keats?
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone for Keats?
I prefer poems read in my head. If I hear them read I am always getting really irritated by the reader's stresses and intonations (and especially that pious wishy-washy voice some people use, such as in the 'Poetry Please' programme.
On the other hand, Ian McMillan gets it right - down to earth, no affectation.