Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:39:52 -0600 From: George Trail <gtrail-AT-UH.EDU> Subject: Re: PLC: Poetry vs. Prose >> matter. > > Sorry to be dense, but, having listened to recordings of Thomas, >I'm not sure what you mean by this. Dylan Thomas reads sort of like Bob >Dylan sings -- no voice, or the voice of the near-dead. >Reg >rlilly-AT-scott.skidmore.edu Odd then that he is known as a great reader, that his records are owned and played by people who know little poetry, and that he is revered for his "sound," so much so that it was for good while felt that his poetry was all sound and no meaning. Now if you mean that he intones verse, that he somemnizes it, that he near chants it on occasion, I would agree, but to compare him to Bob D's nasalities just doesn't work. Of course the Welsh accent didn't hurt him any more than it hurt Richard Burton. And you, my father, there, on that sad height, curseblessmenow with your fiercetears I pray. Do not go gentle intothat good night. Rage rage against the dying ofthe light. (Reputed to be the only successful villanelle in English) g
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