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I never have. This may have something to do with why I can only appreciate poetry when read aloud.

• dibujante 11y ago
  I had this problem with Shakespeare, as well. No internal voice. He's very hard to read unless spoken aloud, probably because it lets you experiment with intonation and emphasis.
  • hosh 11y ago
    That's what I heard about JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion too. I tried reading it when I was younger, and when I tend to drop sound conversion when I read. It seemed impenetrable. Years later, when someone told me it was meant to be heard, not to be read, I gave that a try, reading it aloud in my head. It was a much different experience. Reading Silmarillion felt like reading a magical book of creation, where the speaking of the words themselves create the world.
  • nikdaheratik 11y ago
    I agree. Particularly with the Sonnets where, once you get the sense of the expected rhythm of the words, and try to add how they would sound like spoken, they are much more enjoyable. The only experience I can think of that is similar would be sight-reading music before trying to play it.