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Poetry Explained
Poetry Explained does exactly that. The aim is to present poems — both great and maybe not-so-great — put them in context, analyse their structure and meaning, and maybe offer a word or two of criticism.
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Poetry Explained
Apr 3, 2023
Nurse’s Song: Two Poems by William Blake
A look at both the poems with this title, one in “Songs of…
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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Mar 29, 2023
Before You Were Mine: A Poem by Carol Ann Duffy
A very clever poem that considers the role of…
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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Mar 27, 2023
The Lamb: A Poem by William Blake
This apparently simple poem from “Songs of Innocence” is the…
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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Mar 25, 2023
The Little Vagabond: A Poem by William Blake
One of the “Songs of Experience” in which a child…
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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Feb 14, 2023
Night In the Old Home: a Poem by Thomas Hardy
Revisiting the country cottage in which he had grown up…
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Poetry Explained
Sep 21, 2022
First Day At School: A Poem by Roger McGough
The poet gets inside the mind of a very young child in a brand-new environment
Roger McGough (born in November 1937) is one of the most popular British poets to have emerged…
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Poetry Explained
Nov 25, 2022
Bells For John Whiteside’s Daughter: A Poem by John Crowe Ransom
An unsentimental reaction to the…
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