2 episodes
Not Another Poetry Podcast avni vij
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- Arts
Come discover the world of poetry with me, a noob in this world... We'll listen to a new poem every week, decipher what it means. We'll see the world from the poet's eyes. Who the poet was, what influenced their writing... We'll look at forms, poetic devices. Most importantly we'll try to feel the poem!
The podcast will cover English poetry from all over the world.
Contemporary, modern, classical, lyrical, free verse, slam poetry and everything in between!
By not just the famous giants of the poetry world but also from people like you and I.
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What is poetry?
How would you characterize a poem as one? Are there poems that do not fit our ideas of what a poem should be? We'll look at two poems, one that sounds traditionaly as one and the other that does not. The latter is also considered as one of the shortest poems in English Language. You can check out Sarojini Naidu's poem here:http://www.english-for-students.com/Palanquin-Bearers.html and also check this really interesting Ted Ed video on what is poetry: https://youtu.be/JwhouCNq-Fc
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