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John Donne Changes What It Is To Read Poetry.
I will never forget the effect of reading John Donne for the first time. Donne (1572-1631)…
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“Sweet Thames Run Softly, Till I End My Song”: Two Kinds Of Poetry; Two Kinds Of Use Of English?
It’s a famous, striking and beautiful line I think! It is also a charming illustration! Charming,…
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“By Boots I Am M.A”
In the 1920’s D. H. Lawrence wrote the following clever poem. It may not be one…
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The Third Realm
The Third realm sounds mysterious, perhaps mystical, but is simply like this. It is English class…
Continue Reading“The Marriage At Cana” : A Poem. (1)
The following poem gives a wonderful sense of the mysterious vitality of the story of Christ’s…
Continue ReadingRime Of The Ancient Mariner: Part VI
FIRST VOICE "But tell me,tell me! speak again, Thy soft response renewing- What makes that ship…
Continue ReadingRime Of The Ancient Mariner: Part 5. Coleridge’s Mythology.
O sleep ! it is a gentle thing. Beloved from pole to pole! To Mary Queen…
Continue ReadingThe Language Of The Sun & Moon : Drawing On Boehme.
You may have noticed in our readings of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” how the…
Continue ReadingRime Of Ancient Mariner: Part 4 Coleridge, Addiction, Release.
PART 4 "I fear thee ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long,and…
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