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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
I think you have gone a little too far here. When I read it is as though I am listening to someone speaking. It is as though I "hear" a "voice" in my head.
This means I do not have to hear poetry read aloud although I thoroughly enjoy listening to favourite poems being recited.
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You are the third one to point this out and I get where you are coming from. Of course, I, too, get this voice in my head reading poetry, and I'm not saying that all the sounds are lost. But it's easy to think you're getting it all when you aren't.
Do some comparisons with poems you haven't read before (preferably some lauded classics that you know have some musicality/wordplay/alliteration/whatever to them). Read them quietly using that inner voice and then out loud and see if there's a difference.
Do the same thing if you are writing someone a more elaborate e-mail. Read it through quietly - does it sound good? Read it once aloud as if you were speaking directly to the person - does it sound as good? Do you notice other aspects of your writing doing the latter?