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Jul 23

Poem of the Week: My Native Land

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish writer and poet, is considered to be one of the greatest historical novelists. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake , Waverley and The Heart of Midlothian. As a poet Scott rose to fame with the publication of The Lay Of The Last Minstrel, the long [...]

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Jan 01

Poem of the Week - The Seven Ages of Man

"All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins the famous poetic soliloquy from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques. The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a play, and catalogues the seven stages of a man's life, sometimes referred to as the seven [...]

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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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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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