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May I ask you to listen my pronunciation and give your evaluation to it? Hi there! May I ask you to listen my pronunciation and give your evaluation to it? :) I read a poem "The Smile" by William Blake. Link: https://youtu.be/-JRHRyKtaDk

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This is a nice short poem to practice and generally it is fine. There are a few words which are slightly mispronounced. 'Which' has the wrong beginning sound, it sounds like 'v' not 'w'. The word 'frown' is pronounced the same as the colour 'brown' - bra own. Cradle has an 'ay' sound in it. 'kray dl'. I recorded myself reading the same poem if you want to hear a British Native reading http://vocaroo.com/i/s1yvr9R5i5Ty Hope this helps Bob
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The pronunciation is generally good. Some notes: You are pronouncing 'frown' like 'fr' + 'own'. It should be closer to 'fr' + 'hour' + 'n'. Remember to enunciate the 's' in 'hearts'. In 'bone' and 'alone' the 'o' sound would benefit from being a little more like 'o' (the same as the letter) rather than 'ooh'. The 'a' in 'cradle' is pronounced as 'a' (the same as the letter), not as 'ah'. The 's' in 'misery' should be pronounced like a 'z' (like 'mizery'). The last line of the poem is written in a way that means we should make sure we say "there's" rather than 'there is'. Also, although it's not usually correct pronunciation, we should pronounce 'misery' as 'mizree' in the last line. It cuts out a syllable, making the poem flow a lot better. When reading a poem, except for some poetic devices (enjambement), we should leave a pause at the end of each line, even if there is no punctuation to suggest that. You mostly do this, but it could afford to be a little longer.
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You are good.I think you should give a little bit of pauses between two words. Do it slowly and try to emphasize on the last syllable of the words.
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.....evaluation OF it?

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