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A podcast that introduces some of the finest lyric poems in the English language. Focusing on form and sound, Influential Lyrics helps listeners actually hear and appreciate the wisdom and artistry of the language.
Unknown Host hosts Influential Lyrics, a arts show with 11 episodes published.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), one of the central figures of British Romantic literature, is widely known as a nature poet. He is one of the first writers to develop a sophisticated exploration of the relationship betwe
This episode focuses on a sonnet by Charlotte Smith, one of the best (and certainly one of the most underrated) poets of the late 18th century. The podcast offers a reading of the poem, an explication, and some commentar
The present podcast is something of a deviation for Influential Lyrics. Rather than focusing on a single, short, self-contained lyric poem, I'll be focusing today on an excerpt from a longer work called Essay on Criticis
This is a seemingly simple, uncomplicated, but intensely religious poem in which the speaker, while lying awake at night, is comforted by a visitation from her Saviour, presumably Jesus, and she rededicates herself to th
Richard Lovelace (1618-1657) is not quite so famous as some of the other poets featured here on Influential Lyrics, but his work offers some of the best examples of "Cavalier Poetry"--a mode of writing that came into pro
In 1633, one Nicholas Ferrars arranged for the publication of a book written by a close friend who had recently died. The book was called The Temple; Ferrars' friend was a small-town pastor and poet—George Herbert—who ha
John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" was probably written to his wife Ann in 1611 when Donne was preparing to travel to the Continent. The poem, however, is much more significant than this very specific occasi
The 1609 publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets raises several literary-historical questions, many of which remain unresolved, but what we do know is that most of the first 120-some sonnets appear to be addressed to a hand
This episode focuses on Sir Thomas Wyatt's early sonnet entitled "The Long Love that in My Thought Doth Harbour." By providing some background knowledge about the "courtly love" tradition and the "conceit" technique, the
In 1765, Bishop Thomas Percy published his 3-volume Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. The book introduced a number of late medieval poems into the English literary canon, the most famous of which is the popular ballad
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Influential Lyrics is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under Arts (books) and has published 11 episodes.
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