Akhmatova wrote of endless pain, pitiless, senseless pain and you acknowledged each word of her tears for the senseless, pitiless, endless pain. Brutal, provocative, cold, cold palpable pain.
I just love how emotional you got while reciting this poem, great job! The other thing that I liked about it was that you put the English transcript at the bottom of the screen. I'm pretty good with the Russian language, but I'm not a native fluent speaker, so if I got stuck on a word or phrase, I could read what you meant, then I understood. If I just wanted to listen to the Russian itself without worrying about the translation into English, I was able to cover up the translation. It was very enjoyable. Your teachers and classmates were right, you are very good at poetry.
Non capisco una parola di russo. A malapena seguo il senso della traduzione in inglese dei sottotitoli ... eppure non posso che essere affascinato dall'emozione, la rabbia, la paura e la dolcezza dell'esotico suono della poesia russa ... ... ed ancora una volta riscopro l''ESSENZA nel cuore dell'umanità. ♥ 😁
I'm impressed...I remember a few of your expressions and transition from class, but it's different seeing you work on camera. Your performance fits the frame. What I noticed the most, was your vocal control and timber, which are noticeably different when you're speaking Russian versus English. It might be an interesting exercise to hear yourself doing it in English, not to compare 1st language to second, but as to the overall readings. Is the English yours translations...are there others? (as we talked about with Chekhov) Not that this one isn't special. The words are, like "a heavy stone." They evoke such strong visuals. Your grandmother will love it...I did.
This poem read in English is miso without dashi, added to hot water, course and flat. Read in Russian with English translation it is dashi with the miso added to that.
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian society. The government (aka Big Brother) can hear your thoughts and uses a building called "The ministry of love" to punish those who think of revolting. The Giver is also a dystopian society where one man carries the painful aspects of humanity (war, death, etc) in his mind so the public does not have to feel that pain. This man beings teaching a young boy how to take his place. These are novels
