The Well Read Poem

A podcast by Thomas Banks - Mondays

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89 Episodes

  1. S12E3: Sonnet 106, “When in the chronicle of wasted time” by William Shakespeare

    Published: 4/24/2023
  2. S12E2: Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?" by William Shakespeare

    Published: 4/17/2023
  3. S12E1: Sonnet 1, "From fairest creatures we desire increase" by William Shakespeare

    Published: 4/10/2023
  4. S11E6: "On Shakespeare" by John Milton

    Published: 2/27/2023
  5. S11E5: “Edward Lear” by W.H. Auden

    Published: 2/20/2023
  6. S11E4: “To Walter de la Mare” by T. S. Elliot

    Published: 2/13/2023
  7. S11E3: “The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel” by John Betjeman

    Published: 2/6/2023
  8. S11E2: “On First Looking into Chapman's Homer” by John Keats

    Published: 1/30/2023
  9. S11E1: “The Lost Leader” by Robert Browning

    Published: 1/23/2023
  10. S10E6: "The British Journalist" by Humbert Wolfe

    Published: 12/26/2022
  11. S10E5: "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake

    Published: 12/19/2022
  12. S10E4: "Surgeons must be very careful" by Emily Dickinson

    Published: 12/12/2022
  13. S10E3: "The Song of the Shirt" by Thomas Hood

    Published: 12/5/2022
  14. S10E2: "Men Who March Away" by Thomas Hardy

    Published: 11/28/2022
  15. S10E1: "Fanfare for the Makers" by Louis MacNeice

    Published: 11/21/2022
  16. S9E6: "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Houseman

    Published: 10/3/2022
  17. S9E5: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

    Published: 9/26/2022
  18. S9E4: "To Autumn" by John Keats

    Published: 9/19/2022
  19. S9E3: "Bed in Summer" by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Published: 9/12/2022
  20. S9E2: "Sumer is I-cumin In" by Anonymous

    Published: 9/5/2022

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Because reading is interpretation, The Well Read Poem aims to teach you how to read with understanding! Hosted by poet Thomas Banks of The House of Humane Letters, these short episodes will introduce you to both well-known and obscure poets and will focus on daily recitation, historical and intellectual background, elements of poetry, light explication, and more! Play this podcast daily and practice reciting! The next week, get a new poem. Grow in your understanding and love of poetry by learning how to read well! Brought to you by The Literary Life Podcast.