Poetry Out Loud Performance

My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun, by William Shakespeare, performed by Allison Strong. Allison did a good job at picking a difficult poem to memorize. She needs to work on not moving her head as much and her hands a little less. I could tell she understood this poem, but she didn't say it so that I would get it. She did well on voice and articulation. You could understand her and she didn't mumble into the microphone or trip over herself in the words. There was no song rhythem. She had good physical presence. She looked confident and looked at the audience the whole time instead of looking at the gound.

I didn't really understand the poem. She's discribing her mistress and how she has bad breath and no color in her checks. Then she calls her a goddess. I don't understand if when she is talking about her in the beginning if it is a good thing or a bad thing. The performer did well at understanding it. but she didn't really tell it so that the audience would understand it.