Narration Demo: Poetry, 2021

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Description

Delivery of \"Sympathy\" by Paul Dunbar

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

North American (Canadian-General) North American (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
remember, I know what the caged bird feels. Alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes, when the wind stirs soft through the springing grass and the river flows like a stream of glass when the first bird sings and the first bud oaks and the faint perfume from its chalice steals. I know what the caged bird feels. I know why the caged bird beats his wing till its blood is red on the cruel bars, for he must fly back to his perch and cling when he fain would be on the bow. A swing and a pain still throbs in the old old scars and they pulse again with a keener sting. I know why he beats his wing. I know why the caged bird sings. Ah me! When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore when he beats his bars and he would be free. It is not a carol of joy or glee, but a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, but a plea that upward to heaven he flings. I know why the caged bird sings. Mhm. Yeah,