Reading of poetry

[Eugae]

Do you like voice reading of poems? How do you prefer a poem to be read vocally, expecially if we talk about classical verses?
respecting in toto the verse? following the phrase logic? a mix between them? or otherway what is your idea?

[fajfall]

I started memorising Rime of the Ancient Mariner through reading. When I eventually hear Lawrence Olivier's reading and saw An illustrated version I was a little disappointed. Not because of the quality of his reading or the drawings, but because my impression from reading differed from theirs, like when you read a novel then watch the film version. So I prefer reading poems on my own, then much later hearing other people's interpretations of them because to me, the beauty and power of poetry is in its ability to paint a vivid image in you mind from non-visual methods, which is a pretty amazing thing for the mind to be able to do.

[Lokasenna]

I like hearing poetry performed, and indeed like performing it myself. It can often give you a whole different angle on the piece than simply cold words on a page.

That said, I've also heard plenty of awful recitations... sometimes from the poet themselves.