Interestiing how even though Lowell broke with T.S. Elliot stylistically, he never abandoned that older "modernist" way of reciting his poetry as if it were somewhow separate from him as a person. He's hailed as a "confessional" poet, and he himself didn't entirely repudiate the term (as did Berryman, for instance) -- but he sounds here as if he's reading a laundry list, not "confessing" anything. Magnificent poem, though.
@williamswilliams5617
Жыл бұрын
Always love this reading.
@Markmywords803
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I saw Stacy Keach read this and other poems on a fabulous British tv show years ago. I wish I could find it on You Tube.
@wagstaffe7
5 жыл бұрын
love it!
@huwzebediahthomas9193
2 жыл бұрын
Dylan's great friend...
@juanamariaarcelusulibarren4775
2 жыл бұрын
impressive!
@BeanieIsAwesome
11 жыл бұрын
His reading of this poem from the Poetry Speaks book/CD is a lot better. Although I enjoy this one too.
@marcusalcock3831
5 жыл бұрын
I love this reading.
@ninjaginger6418
7 жыл бұрын
I can smell it from here 😂
@AAwildeone
9 жыл бұрын
It's affected, yes, as most readers are because of what they are trying to convey...how is a confessional poet supposed to sound? It's a writing style, not a reading style....
@wheelspeakworks
9 жыл бұрын
Exactly. If we were to break down the etymology of "confessional", perhaps he doesn't read every line break to break, but it is not a "confession" in the purest sense, and isn't that breathless despite who confesses?
@8angst8
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but, when we've heard such interesting, iconoclastic voices in our heads for so long and then discover the recording, only to find they sound so stilted and dull---it's a real let-down. Plath, for instance, is still my favorite poet, but when I first heard her recordings, I was shocked at how stilted/inane she sounded, compared to the thrill of reading her on the page.
@Raylen23
Жыл бұрын
Traditionally poetry is spoken... Not just written
@JeffRebornNow
3 жыл бұрын
This poem is about alienation and about suffocation in post war American life, where the doldrums of Ike's incumbency kept all creativity and avant garde sensibilities at bay. It's about madness in a world that shouted "Better dead than red," and had school children hide under their desks for a nuclear bomb safety drill.
@8angst8
3 жыл бұрын
Please. Such left-wing platitudes, dating back to Eisenhower. No respect until you find your own voice, your own opinions.
@8angst8
3 жыл бұрын
Love the poem on the page. Hate this pretentious reading of it.
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