The first poem I chose was “Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullens and was read by a young man named Todd Hellems. I found Todd to be an exceptional reader of this poem. He had comfortable, steady eye contact, and his posture and body language showed that he was a respectful, well-educated man, so overall he had a good physical presence. This surprised me since he was just a 19 year old student. He made excellent use of his voice and articulation, having clearly, and eloquently reading the poem and following the rhythm set by the grammar marks. I found his dramatic appropriateness to be quite good as while he used no hand gestures, his facial expressions, especially with his eyes, delivered the poem very well and showed his understanding of it. While the poem itself was not terribly lengthy, it did possess a good amount of challenging language, especially when making allusions rooted in ancient mythologies. The reader does a fantastic job of sharing why the poem has such significance to him, but unfortunately he did not delve very deeply into the actual meaning of the poem, so his evidence of understanding would have to be average. Overall I loved his performance. I prefer the second time he reads the poem at the end of the clip rather than his first attempt, but the reader did a rather excellent job.
The second poem I chose from the list was “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell read by Kathleen Rogers. Kathleen was phenomenal in her clip and her reading was my favorite by far. She was so comfortable with looking at the camera and she had this body language about her that was so easy-going yet demanded attention at the same time, giving her an excellent rating in my book. Her voice and articulation were both outstanding. She spoke clearly and held showed such a skillful control of rhythm and volume. While she was sitting down to read the poem, she delivered the poem in such a way that its voice came across clearly. Though no hand gestures and few facial expressions were used, Kathleen moved her head slightly from side to side in a way that went great with the rhythm and allowed the poems voice to show through. The level of complexity was excellent as the poem contained challenging language while having a length that matched its complexity very well. Kathleen did an outstanding job with her evidence of understanding. The meaning of the poem and how she interprets the poem was very well delivered. Kathleen gave a captivating performance. The insight to her personal life and how it related her to the poem and the reading of the poem itself makes me give this performance an outstanding rating.
The second poem I chose from the list was “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell read by Kathleen Rogers. Kathleen was phenomenal in her clip and her reading was my favorite by far. She was so comfortable with looking at the camera and she had this body language about her that was so easy-going yet demanded attention at the same time, giving her an excellent rating in my book. Her voice and articulation were both outstanding. She spoke clearly and held showed such a skillful control of rhythm and volume. While she was sitting down to read the poem, she delivered the poem in such a way that its voice came across clearly. Though no hand gestures and few facial expressions were used, Kathleen moved her head slightly from side to side in a way that went great with the rhythm and allowed the poems voice to show through. The level of complexity was excellent as the poem contained challenging language while having a length that matched its complexity very well. Kathleen did an outstanding job with her evidence of understanding. The meaning of the poem and how she interprets the poem was very well delivered. Kathleen gave a captivating performance. The insight to her personal life and how it related her to the poem and the reading of the poem itself makes me give this performance an outstanding rating.
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