“It [poetry] was written for the mouths of actors. It was meant to be heard.” --John Cooper Clarke on Shakespeare

People who make a distinction between written poetry and recited poetry make a mistake, I think, because all poetry should be read aloud.

 

Our greatest poet wrote for actors. Shakespeare. If you'd have said that people would be sitting in a room, reading his stuff he would have been... amazed at that. It was written for the mouths of actors. It was meant to be heard

 

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