
A podcast that introduces some of the finest lyric poems in the English language. Focusing on form and sound, Influential Lyrics helps listeners actually hear and appreciate the wisdom and artistry of the language.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 8 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | CoursesEducationArtsBooks | |||

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), one of the central figures of British Romantic literature, is widely known as a nature poet. He is one of the first writers to develop a sophisticated exploration of the relationship between the natural world and the p... more
This episode focuses on a sonnet by Charlotte Smith, one of the best (and certainly one of the most underrated) poets of the late 18th century. The podcast offers a reading of the poem, an explication, and some commentary on the meaning, value, and s... more
The present podcast is something of a deviation for Influential Lyrics. Rather than focusing on a single, short, self-contained lyric poem, I'll be focusing today on an excerpt from a longer work called Essay on Criticism, written and published in th... more
This is a seemingly simple, uncomplicated, but intensely religious poem in which the speaker, while lying awake at night, is comforted by a visitation from her Saviour, presumably Jesus, and she rededicates herself to the service of her religion. The... more
Richard Lovelace (1618-1657) is not quite so famous as some of the other poets featured here on Influential Lyrics, but his work offers some of the best examples of "Cavalier Poetry"--a mode of writing that came into prominence in the middle years of... more
In 1633, one Nicholas Ferrars arranged for the publication of a book written by a close friend who had recently died. The book was called The Temple; Ferrars' friend was a small-town pastor and poet—George Herbert—who has since become one of the most... more
John Donne's "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" was probably written to his wife Ann in 1611 when Donne was preparing to travel to the Continent. The poem, however, is much more significant than this very specific occasion might suggest. It stands bo... more
The 1609 publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets raises several literary-historical questions, many of which remain unresolved, but what we do know is that most of the first 120-some sonnets appear to be addressed to a handsome young man (WH?) while the... more
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