Summary Of Jessica Cotin's Poem 'The Lost Pilot'

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Jessica Cotin, a travel writer, reads her favorite poem - The Lost Pilot by James Tate. As she reads the poem her voice was soothing and monotone. She didn’t put emotion in the way she was reading it she lacked passion. She didn’t convince me that this is her favorite poem. She read it from the book and never seem to look up. Compared to other readings I have seen, it looked like she is doing a presentation that she didn’t want to do it. The quality of the video didn’t help her reading because when she read, she was at the beach on a windy day. So, when she was speaking, it was a bit difficult to hear her because her voice is low and all I hear is swoosh sounds from the wind and of the ocean. Besides not being able to listen to her speak when

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