The Well Read Poem
A podcast by Thomas Banks - Mondays
108 Episodes
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S12E2: Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?" by William Shakespeare
Published: 4/17/2023 -
S12E1: Sonnet 1, "From fairest creatures we desire increase" by William Shakespeare
Published: 4/10/2023 -
S11E6: "On Shakespeare" by John Milton
Published: 2/27/2023 -
S11E5: “Edward Lear” by W.H. Auden
Published: 2/20/2023 -
S11E4: “To Walter de la Mare” by T. S. Elliot
Published: 2/13/2023 -
S11E3: “The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel” by John Betjeman
Published: 2/6/2023 -
S11E2: “On First Looking into Chapman's Homer” by John Keats
Published: 1/30/2023 -
S11E1: “The Lost Leader” by Robert Browning
Published: 1/23/2023 -
S10E6: "The British Journalist" by Humbert Wolfe
Published: 12/26/2022 -
S10E5: "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake
Published: 12/19/2022 -
S10E4: "Surgeons must be very careful" by Emily Dickinson
Published: 12/12/2022 -
S10E3: "The Song of the Shirt" by Thomas Hood
Published: 12/5/2022 -
S10E2: "Men Who March Away" by Thomas Hardy
Published: 11/28/2022 -
S10E1: "Fanfare for the Makers" by Louis MacNeice
Published: 11/21/2022 -
S9E6: "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Houseman
Published: 10/3/2022 -
S9E5: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
Published: 9/26/2022 -
S9E4: "To Autumn" by John Keats
Published: 9/19/2022 -
S9E3: "Bed in Summer" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Published: 9/12/2022 -
S9E2: "Sumer is I-cumin In" by Anonymous
Published: 9/5/2022 -
S9E1: "The Rhodora" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Published: 8/29/2022
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.