Episode 14: George Herbert, The Collar
In this episode, we look at "The Collar"–a famous single-stanza poem, playing with meter, rhythm, and rhyme by the seventeenth-century priest and poet, George Herbert. Here is the poem in full: THE.
Episode 9: Anne Bradstreet, In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet
This week we read Anne Bradstreet's elegy for her grandchild Elizabeth and draw out the multiple voices (both faith and doubt, both grief and consolation) and the tensions and deep emotions in.
Episode 7: John Donne, Holy Sonnet 14
This week we look at one of John Donne's Holy Sonnets from the seventeenth century. This famous poem (#14, "Batter my heart") turns a poetic tradition of love and longing to religious.
Episode 5: Claude McKay, "America"
In this episode, we discuss Claude McKay, an influential poet of the Harlem Renaissance, taking a close look at his incredible sonnet "America." For help in our preparations for this podcast, we.
Episode 4: Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
In this episode we introduce listeners to one of the most resilient forms in English-language poetry: the sonnet. And we do it with one of the most famous sonnets Shakespeare wrote. For.
Episode 3: Phillis Wheatley, On Being Brought from Africa to America
To view the poem, please see: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america To hear Cornelius Eady reading the poem and discussing it, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QezAVP_HiY For a foundational essay about Phillis Wheatley and her work, please see.
Episode 2: Emily Dickinson, Tell all the truth
Full poem: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263) by Emily Dickinson Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our.