An Afternoon in July
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
(0 hr 33 min)
Chapters
An Afternoon in July - Read by AM | 1:58 | Read by Maishwarya |
An Afternoon in July - Read by AN | 2:26 | Read by Anna Mayworm |
An Afternoon in July - Read by BGH | 2:13 | Read by Brett G. Hirsch |
An Afternoon in July - Read by BLD | 2:12 | Read by Blaze Dragon |
An Afternoon in July - Read by EEP | 3:05 | Read by Ernst Pattynama |
An Afternoon in July - Read by ELC | 2:47 | Read by elisecandel |
An Afternoon in July - Read by FS | 2:15 | Read by fshort |
An Afternoon in July - Read by GB | 2:24 | Read by Garth Burton |
An Afternoon in July - Read by JCM | 2:32 | Read by Jason Mills |
An Afternoon in July - Read by JCW | 2:31 | Read by Jeremy Christopher Wadkins |
An Afternoon in July - Read by JM | 2:21 | Read by Jannie Meisberger |
An Afternoon in July - Read by LLW | 2:34 | Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
An Afternoon in July - Read by MC | 2:04 | Read by mlcui |
An Afternoon in July - Read by PS | 2:02 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Reviews
An Afternoon in July
SQ
At first I was put off by this poem. It's theme was unspectacular and less than uplifting, both aspects of which, if present, would have significantly altered the message of the poem and how it was conveyed. Then after having listened halfway through the set I began noting certain parallels: sultry, languid, hot are all words occurring more than once. My ears perked up. The addition of Sun, day added nothing unexpected to the poem's subject matter and the duplicate flowers, trees could merely be environmental. But cheeks pillowed/crimson cheeks and hush(descriptive/imperative) appear more intentional. And most convincing were those pairs in bold proximity still, stirred. Yet I can't relate any pattern of these to the meaning of the poem. Perhaps the contrast between the concept of breeze, air, breath/breathing and acts done in vain. Or maybe it is meant to be read repetitiously like over a book's single page in a stupor of scorching heat.