COMPLETE: [POETRY] Elegiac Sonnets etc. by C T Smith - mla

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » February 12th, 2008, 5:13 pm

Aah, that's my kind of proof-listening....

Will you do database notes? (You are enabled, n'est-ce pas?)

David

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » February 12th, 2008, 11:39 pm

earthcalling wrote:Aah, that's my kind of proof-listening....

Will you do database notes? (You are enabled, n'est-ce pas?)

David

Doh! <slaps forehead> Forgot that my spell-casting would have effect here as well! I've tried unsuccessfully to screw around with other magic windows so many times, that I sort of gave up. I'll get on that now...

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » February 13th, 2008, 10:20 pm

"When worms shall feed on this devoted heart..."

That's what we call Valentine's Day talk.

Nary an imperfection of sound to be found. Smooth as butter.

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » February 14th, 2008, 9:39 pm

Okay, I think I'm caught up with you now.

You people really know how to put the "Gee!" back in elegy, I'm here to tell ya. Incandescent. Beyond butter, it's, it's clarified. Whew! Man, if you could bottle this stuff, you'd be rich as the Sultan of Brunei. Not a clip, echo, stumble, phlegm nodule, repeat, hiccup, or sniffle to be found. A work of perfection. Unsurpassed.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » April 5th, 2008, 11:51 am

A few more added... (playing leapfrog with Cori...)

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » April 5th, 2008, 12:57 pm

I plan on listening to these tomorrow, when I'm back in town.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » April 6th, 2008, 4:21 am

I didn't understand the final section of 57 - "More noble than the sycophant...", so any helpful suggestions gladly received!

David

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » April 6th, 2008, 11:49 pm

Are you possibly mocking my tawdry flowers of proof-listening reports, heaped at your, uh, shrine? I choose not to think so, since you who, to all that genius can impart, adds the cool head, and the unblemish'd heart.

Like the writer, I refuse to be crushed by your fraud, compounding my pride, and remain shackled only to my freedom to proof-listen at will. Heh. So there.

Excellent, excellent files so far. Like yourselves, I think I'll stretch the enjoyment over a few days - Mountain Nymph that I am.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » April 7th, 2008, 1:15 pm

Dagnabbit! Always knowed you was smarter'n me!

61 is up, and a fine example of over-egging it. At the slightest hint, I'll happily re-do. Rather reminds me of Dame Celia Molestrangler...

AmethystA · Post by **AmethystA** » April 16th, 2008, 1:48 pm

This project has intrigued me, so I'll be the new MC for y'all.

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » April 16th, 2008, 11:02 pm

And I'm still listening! I find I need to pace myself, as I deeply absorb the admonishments to be rock-like as I learn to face death. But I'm enjoying every minute. I'm up to the 40s now...

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » April 27th, 2008, 3:00 pm

A few added at the bottom (I got stuck on some long 'uns in the middle)... and we're officially half-way through!

David

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » April 27th, 2008, 11:00 pm

I picked up a few more tonight, ec. Some of them particularly strike a chord - Tranquility was lovely.

Well, they are all lovely readings. Have I mentioned that lately? Lovely.

puffin1 · Post by **puffin1** » May 27th, 2008, 10:19 pm

Earthcalling, I found Elegy 61 to be just the right balance. Any higher a twist of the knob, it would become a dramatization; any less would not serve the text so well. Astonishingly, I have found your first, and thusfar only, text blip - you spoke "rock" instead of "rocky" in this passage:

" 'Tis not his voice! Hark! the deep thunders roll;
Upheaves the ground; the rocky barriers fail;
Approach, ye horrors that delight my soul,
Despair, and Death, and Desolation, hail!"

For my money, the meaning is not hurt, and all is fluently done. Your call. As always, a pleasure, my liege.

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » May 28th, 2008, 12:56 pm

Well spotted!

I've listened to it again with fresh ears, and doubt I could do it better... so I'll leave it as is.

David