Is it a native speaker?

[englishhobby]

Here's a link to a poem read by a woman. Is she a native speaker? If yes, is she British or American? If not, does she have a strong accent?

https://ravenotation.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/the-old-year-by-john-clare/

 

[emsr2d2]

There's an interesting lilt to her voice, suggesting a a slight regional accent (though I can't pinpoint it), but I would say she's a British native speaker.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree with ems -- British.

 

[Roman55]

I would say educated English, from the Midlands or further north. The vowel sounds in 'last' and 'cast' show it not to be a speaker from the south.

 

[Tdol]

does she have a strong accent?

No

 

[MikeNewYork]

I did not find her accent strong.

 

[Tdol]

I did not find her accent strong.

Neither did I, but I know what Piscean means. I went to university in a northern town and heard people calling me a southern snob endlessly, though I would not have thought my accent to be that strong or snobby.