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Misunderstood favourites: Born in the USA and The Charge of the Light Brigade
Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade and Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA became popular works whose stirring music and poetry often conceal their darker meanings. Read more
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Ulysses and Crossing the Bar on Tennyson’s birthday
Today is the birthday of Lord Alfred Tennyson (August 6, 1809 – October 6,1892). He’s one of the most popular poets in the English language, and was one of the last poets to sell as many books as a novelist. At his peak, he was one of the most famous people in England — possibly… Read more
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On Julia’s Clothes and 99 other most popular poems
This must be one of the shortest, heavily anthologized poems in the English language. On Julia’s Clothes, by Robert Herrick, runs to only six lines. But, witty and playful, this 17th century poem is one of the 100 most anthologized poems in the English language, according to the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry. Here are… Read more
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Poetry reading web site
Anyone in the mood to hear poetry readings should explore Poetry Archive. It contains recordings of poets reading their own poems. It’s a virtual who’s who of modern English and American poetry, ranging from Allen Ginsberg to Roger McGough. I even heard a scratchy recording of Tennyson reading The Charge of the Light Brigade. Immigrants… Read more
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