Voice, Performance, & Sound

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After my brief introduction on tone, voice, performance, and sound in poetry, the students offer readings and sound scores of William Blake's "The Tyger" and Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."

0:00 Introduction
2:00 Tone
3:55 Voice (and some methods for analyzing it)
8:00 Performance
10:00 Sound in Poetry
14:10 Student recitations and scores of Blake's "The Tyger"
15:10 Allen Ginsberg performs "The Tyger"
18:29 Harry's performance and interview
24:40 Angela's performance and interview
31:00 Explanation of recitation and score exercise
35:30 Class cut-up recitation & score for Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
43:20 Patti Smith performs "The Tyger" live

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