Generally speaking, poetry reading is about 100 words per minute.
About 500 words in 5 minutes. You can find a 500-word poem first, recite it vividly and measure the speed.
There is no absolute standard, and it is more appropriate to pause for about 2~3 seconds between paragraphs, but it should also be handled flexibly according to emotional expression.
Picturesque, many interjections, then read slowly; Passionate, emotional, powerful reading, speaking a little faster.
Because poetry should pay attention to pause and rhythm, breath is very important. Otherwise, it will stop where it should stop, and the speed of speech will naturally stop. The so-called connection of dying means that you have to stop breathing, but you can't stop poetry. In this way, the break, the stop, the rhythm and speed of speech naturally follow one's inclinations.
Extended data:
Poetry, as a literary genre, has various forms and can be recited. Recitation is an important form of oral communication and the art of expressing feelings. The reciter transforms literary works into spoken language and carries out artistic activities of re-creation and re-expression. Poetry recitation means that the reader expresses the original poems and works to the audience with clear language, loud voice and beautiful posture, thus conveying the ideological content of poetry and arousing the audience's * * *.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Poetry Reading