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Thank you for your feedback! You may be right. I find that music can work very well if it is composed with the specific poetry reading in mind, following the tonal ebbs and flows of the reading, as well as the content of the poem itself. However, most just seem to add a generic piano track or generic "inspirational" music in the background, which often doesn't fit what is being read at all and gives every reading the same tone. I personally find that to be distracting, which is why I don't add similar tracks to my readings by choice, but in the past I have occasionally been contacted by musicians who wished to create a musical track specifically for one of my readings, and that has been fine with me.

Exactly, thanks for pointing that out. I think the emphasis on "much" is a common mistake that stems from the difference between the way we use the word "world" today, i.e. meaning "the planet", and the more complicated, old-fashioned meaning of the term that would have been clearer to Wordsworth's contemporaries. This old-fashioned meaning was informed by religious thought and still persists today in the adjective "worldly", which means "relating to physical things rather than the spiritual", as in the expression "worldly goods". So Wordsworth isn't talking about the planet here, and isn't saying that the planet would be better off without us. In fact, he doesn't say that humans are harming the planet/natural environment anywhere in the poem. His use of the term "world" has a negative, polemical connotation, meaning the world of human affairs, characterized by greed and a superficial preoccupation with wealth and status, and serves to underline the growing distance between human society and Nature. We project our own, modern environmental sensibilities on the poem, but Wordsworth is concerned with Nature in a spiritual sense here, rather than a strictly environmental one. He is describing the sorry state of humankind, so preoccupied with material gain and wordly possessions that it has lost its connection to Nature, a connection that used to provide humans with meaning. Of course, none of this means that the poem's themes can't speak to us, today, in a way that evokes our justified and very valid environmental worries. That's the beauty of poetry and why I think this poem is even more relevant today than it was back when Wordsworth wrote it, at the time of the First Industrial Revolution. It's just that the title/opening line doesn't mean what some people think it does. Sorry for the essay.

@@JohnReadsPoetry , no need to apologize for an essay like that! Almost like you’ve given it some thought… 😉 My recently deceased law partner/best friend from university days and I have maintained a running debate for the last 45 years as to what the greatest short verse in literature was with which to capture our own final assessment of the world… Our wives and girlfriends and children may never have understood why two California trial attorneys found it necessary to resolve that question at 2 in the morning with one last nightcap in our hand so many times over the years, but we both could recite every word of the other’s proposed favorite even if one of us was incapable for some reason. The final verdict on the day would often turn on the spoken delivery, the weather or the quality of our bourbon and smoke. One candidate was obviously Wordsworth’s “World is too much”, (and he would have liked your delivery, btw). The other candidate was translated from the original Russian (always tricky) and is found in “The Bedbug, and selected poetry” with a now classic introduction by Patricia Blake. The text is as follows, but promise me that if you ever read it aloud, please be mindful of the pauses. Despite Mayakovsky’s natural bombast, this is a quiet poem and should never be rushed. My friend gave this candidate the final nod shortly before he passed, but there’s really not much to choose between the two when it’s all said and done… It is now I who must apologize for the essay 😂🤔🤫 Past One O’Clock ... by Vladimir Mayakovsky Past one o’clock. You must have gone to bed. The Milky Way streams silver through the night. I’m in no hurry; with lightning telegrams I have no cause to wake or trouble you. And, as they say, the incident is closed. Love’s boat has smashed against the daily grind. Now you and I are quits. Why bother then To balance mutual sorrows, pains, and hurts. Behold what quiet settles on the world. Night wraps the sky in tribute from the stars. In hours like these, one rises to address The ages, history, and all creation.

Sono felice che abbia apprezzato l'interpretazione e che la poesia abbia risvegliato il suo ricordo della Scapigliatura. Grazie delle sue gentili parole.

Glad you appreciated it! Thanks for watching.

@@JohnReadsPoetry thank you . Sir I ask you a question that how I learn English like an American

Yes, it almost seems like a scene from Dante's "Inferno".

He was indeed.

La ringrazio delle belle parole e per aver condiviso le sue valide ed apprezzabili riflessioni sull'importanza della grande impresa linguistica di Dante, che noi "moderni" tendiamo un po' a sottovalutare perché prendiamo per scontata l'esistenza della lingua italiana. Come ha detto lei, Dante ha plasmato l'identità collettiva linguistica dell'Italia, travalicando i confini regionali. E a questo proposito è interessante ricordare, d'altronde, come per lo stesso Dante sia stato fondamentale dal punto di vista linguistico il contributo della Scuola Poetica Siciliana. Questo per evidenziare quanto il frutto della "sintesi" linguistica che troviamo nell'opera dantesca sia veramente patrimonio di tutti gli italiani, dalle Alpi a Capo Passero. Un caro saluto, ricambio l'augurio!

@@JohnReadsPoetry ma figurati , dammi tranquillamente del tu . Chiaramente questi social un po' ci mascherano e non si capisce mai bene a che distanza ci si trova dal prossimo . Dunque nel dubbio credo sia meglio annullarle le distanze , potrebbe essere un aspetto positivo dei social che ancora non abbiamo capito. Condivido assolutamente ciò che dici , ti saluto con un grande ciao e magari avremo ancora modo di scambiarci delle opinioni , anche perché sono un amante della poesia ed ho notato molte cose interessanti sul tuo canale. A presto dunque e buona giornata, ciao.💟

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the reading! I liked that they included part of this poem in "Beauty and the Beast". I am British, yes. Where are you from?

You're welcome ,i was sure you are british you and emma Watson read it the same way ❤😂 For me iam Egyptian

@@girl...124 Nice! Good to know some friends from Egypt have found their way to the channel

@@JohnReadsPoetry nice to meet you and hear your voice too Hopefully we see more videos 💞

@@girl...124 I'm not sure when exactly, but more videos will be coming in the future, so stay tuned ;-)

You are most welcome! Thank you for watching.

Non c'è di che! Grazie per l'ascolto.

Thank you! I do try to capture Poe's melancholy when reading his poems.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@@JohnReadsPoetry why you are not upload videos now..?

@@bilalmustafa4477 Unfortunately time is scarce these days, but I continue to upload here and there when I can :)

Thank you for your kind words!

Thank you so much! Glad you appreciated the reading.

Thank you for your comment, I appreciate your kind words. Best regards!

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed the reading! Cheers!