Joseph Tsar How Poetry Made Me Articulate | Joseph Tsar
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Sep 15, 2025 Discover how poetry elevates articulation and enhances verbal expression. The discussion highlights the joy of reading poetry aloud to unlock rhythm and emotion. Dive into creative vocabulary expansion and the interplay between metonymy and punchlines, revealing connections to freestyle rap. Learn the craft of impactful rhymes, where strategic word placement creates memorable couplets. Uncover techniques that amplify communication, engaging audiences through setup and punchlines, and explore both macro and micro interpretive frameworks.
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Read Poems Out Loud Regularly
- Read poems aloud to train your voice in power, pitch, pace, and pause.
- Speak poems repeatedly to absorb rhythm, melody, and meter into everyday speech.
Threefold Reading To Absorb Language
- Read poems three times: once for melody, twice for imagery, thrice for magic.
- Speak aloud to assimilate words into your default way of speaking.
Listen To Skilled Poem Recordings
- Listen to recordings of poems delivered by skilled speakers to internalize rhythm.
- Build a playlist of articulate poems and listen while doing other tasks to absorb style.
