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Okay, just be aware that this is cheesy as hell.
The bells. One of my teachers in Jr high read it for the class.
She had a great voice (but was honestly a bad teacher overall), and it really worked with that poem.
It’s still my favorite poem to read out loud, though others have taken its place otherwise.
A problem with poetry is that it cannot be translated, so I’ll refer the originals:
- Correspondences by Baudelaire (what do you get if you mix many drugs in the French noble 1800s)
- The Road not taken by Frost (every choice has a consequence)
- Invictus by Henley (the power of the will and the soul)
- Non chiederci la parola by Montale (the impossibility of knowing)
Can you please share more about what the appeal of Baudelaire is for you?