Andrey's questions about poems (split from the intro thread)

[AndreyGaganov]

Also, before I forget: rayheinrich mentioned the sound and the rhythm, the musical aspect of reading poetry aloud. Well, as someone who's been listening to music half his life, to me singing is musical; reciting a poem with a speaking tone isn't. You never see/hear someone telling a poet: "Jesus Christ, that was a horrible voice. Let this guy/girl do the reading." or someone telling a singer "Your voice stinks, but that was a great song. Here's your fifty bucks." I think I get the 'rhythm' part, but the 'sound' part ... not really. I suppose the logic here is: anyone can read poetry, no matter how good or bad the voice is. Well, where's the music in that?

Can't even begin to comment on that.  If a colour-blind man sees only shades of grey, does that make the sky less blue to others?

Your reply has to do with a physical perception, a condition no one can do anything about (supposedly). My concern here is with the sonic/musical aspect of poetry. I really don't know how you can connect these two dots.