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Oct 12, 2022
Little Red Cap: A Poem by Carol Ann Duffy
Substitute “riding hood” for “cap” and you can begin to work out what Duffy is up to here
“Little Red Cap” is the opening poem of Carol Ann Duffy’s 1999 collection “The…
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John Welford
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Oct 10, 2022
Toads Revisited: A Poem by Philip Larkin
The poet revisits an old idea but reaches different…
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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Oct 29, 2022
An August Midnight: A Poem by Thomas Hardy
A short poem in which Hardy muses on a chance meeting with…
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John Welford
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Oct 14, 2022
Wessex Heights: a Poem by Thomas Hardy
Despite being written in 1896, the references to living people are probably why it was not published until 1914
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John Welford
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Oct 16, 2022
On Some Shells Found Inland: A Poem by Trumbull Stickney
A sonnet about things found out of place
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