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kristin
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 Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: COMPLETE[WEEKLY POETRY] Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen |
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This project is now complete and can be found here: http://librivox.org/dulce-et-decorum-est-by-wilfred-owen/
Dulce et Decorum Est
by Wilfred Owen
Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many Librivox volunteers as possible!
This week's poem can be found here.
Please be sure that your recording software is set to the following technical specifications:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz
Have questions on "how"?
Check LV's Recording Notes thread before recording: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
If this is your first recording, you'll also find this useful: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording
Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
| Quote: | Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, your location, and/or your personal url.] |
Then read the poem:
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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!--An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime.--
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin,
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:
| Quote: | | End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. |
Please leave a few seconds of silence at the end of your recording.
Save your recording as an mp3 file using the following filename and ID3 tag format:
File name - all in lowercase: dulce_owen_[your initials].mp3
(ex. dulce_owen_klh.mp3)
ID3 tags (Version 2):
Title: Dulce et Decorum Est - Read by [YOUR INITIALS] (ex. Dulce et Decorum Est - Read by KLH)
Artist: Wilfred Owen
Album: LibriVox Weekly Poetry
Comments: (optional) Recorded by [your name]
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
- If you have your own server space, post the link here. Please leave the file in this location until the project is catalogued.
- If you don't have your own server space, please upload with the LibriVox uploader:
http://upload.librivox.org
If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: kh - kristin
Please post a link to your file in this thread.
When you post your link, please include your name as you would like it credited on the catalogue page and any URL by which you would like it accompanied. (Note: This is only necessary if you have not done so for another project.)
If you wish to contribute, please have your readings submitted by 0600 GMT Sunday, May 25th (12:00am CST)
(And remember, anyone can suggest a poem for a certain week and/or coordinate an upcoming weekly poem! If you'd like to suggest a poem or coordinate a future Weekly Poetry project, please visit this thread.)
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Quite possibly, composed about events in your countryside. So good that poison gases were banned later by the Geneva Convention. Still, in the 1980's, I was learning the drill with gas mask in the infantry. Banning does not guarantee it won't reappear.
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Thanks, everyone. 
jonco - The volume was a bit low. I've amplified it but you'll want to try to get it a little louder next time.
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| Kaffen wrote: | | Banning does not guarantee it won't reappear. |
So sadly true. :(
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This is my first posting. I pronounce the Latin a little differently from some others. In my Latin classes of many years ago, we were taught to elide certain word combinations in poetry. I'd appreciate a reaction.
Here is the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article on these lines of Horace:
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori is a line from the Roman lyrical poet Horace's Odes (iii 2.13). The line can be rendered in English as: "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." In classical Latin it was pronounced, "dulcet decorumst pro patria mori," due to poetic elision and prodelision."
Another thing: In my old poetry anthology, "Chief Modern Poets of England and America", the phrase "obscene as cancer" does not appear in this poem. Curious. Does anyone know the history of it?
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/kh/dulce_owen_bf.mp3
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: New at this.. |
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Great reading Greg.
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