The Well Read Poem
A podcast by Thomas Banks - Mondays
108 Episodes
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S5E4: "Polonius" by Walter de la Mare
Published: 9/20/2021 -
S5E3: "Breughel's Winter" by Walter de la Mare
Published: 9/13/2021 -
S5E2: "Ghost" by Walter de la Mare
Published: 9/6/2021 -
S5E1: "All That's Past" by Walter de la Mare
Published: 8/30/2021 -
S4E6: "The Blinded Bird" by Thomas Hardy
Published: 8/9/2021 -
S4E5: "A Runnable Stag" by John Davidson
Published: 8/2/2021 -
S4E4: “Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Highness” by Alexander Pope
Published: 7/26/2021 -
S4E3: "The Kraken" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Published: 7/19/2021 -
S4E2: "Infant Innocence" by A. E. Houseman
Published: 7/12/2021 -
S4E1: "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake
Published: 7/5/2021 -
S3E6: "Anthem for St. Cecilia's Day" by W. H. Auden
Published: 6/14/2021 -
S3E5: "Epitaph on a Tyrant" by W. H. Auden
Published: 6/7/2021 -
S3E4: "Luther" by W. H. Auden
Published: 5/31/2021 -
S3E3: "Roman Wall Blues" by W. H. Auden
Published: 5/24/2021 -
S3E2: "The Shield of Achilles" by W. H. Auden
Published: 5/17/2021 -
S3E1: "August 1968" by W. H. Auden
Published: 5/10/2021 -
S2E6: “To Virgil” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Published: 4/19/2021 -
S2E5: “Stanzas Written in Passing the Ambracian Gulf” by Lord Byron
Published: 4/12/2021 -
S2E4: “To Toussaint L’Ouverture” by William Wordsworth
Published: 4/5/2021 -
S2E3: "Harp Song of the Dane Women" by Rudyard Kipling
Published: 3/29/2021
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.