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Dec 08

Poem of the Week - How Do I Love Thee?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a woman of singular nobility and charm. A friend described her as 'A slight, delicate figure, with a shower of dark curls falling on each side of a most expressive face; large, tender eyes, richly fringed by dark eyelashes, and a smile like a sunbeam.' Barrett Browning is generally considered one [...]

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Nov 22

Poem of the Week - When I am Dead, My Dearest

Christina Rossetti began writing at age 7 but she was 31 before her first work was published. She continued to write and publish for the rest of her life although she focused primarily on devotional writing and children's poetry. She maintained a large circle of friends and for ten years volunteered at a home [...]

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Nov 12

Poem of the Week - Ode to a Nightingale

Ode to a Nightingale is a poem by John Keats. It was written in May, 1819, in Hampstead, England. Critics generally agree that "Nightingale" was the second of the five "great odes"of 1819 and its themes are reflected in its "twin," Ode on a Grecian Urn. Keats's friend and roommate, Charles Brown, described [...]

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Oct 20

Poem of the Week - Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is perhaps the best known and most well-loved of all his 154 sonnets; it may be the most famous lyric poem in English. It is addressed to a young man of great beauty and promise, and the speaker urges the young man to marry and perpetuate his virtues through children, and warns [...]

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