Cep's Poetry Notes

Cep's Poetry Notes

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Cep's Poetry Notes episodes

  • "The Crowded Street"

    William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) observes various pedestrians and speculates on their characters and their futures before drawing a larger lesson from the scene.



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    5 min
  • "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"

    Robert Browning (1812-1889) describes a desperate human (and animal) effort to convey news across time and space before the advent of modern technology.



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    6 min
  • "To Flush, My Dog"

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) describes the peerlessness of her pet pup.



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    4 min
  • "The Adieu" and "Long Ago"

    Henry Howard Brownell (1820-1872) compares falsehood to a youthful fling and truth to the cold bride of maturity in “The Adieu” and waxes retrospective in “Long Ago.”



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    4 min
  • "Losses"

    Frances Brown (1818-1864, according to the Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song; surname Browne, 1816-1879, according to Wikipedia) compares the gravity of loss.



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    3 min
  • "The Marriage of Despair"

    Maria Gowen Brooks (1794-1845) drew on her unhappy romantic experiences to create this poem about the results of “settling” for a non-soulmate.



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    4 min
  • A Pause for Remarks

    Why you should try reading and writing poetry.



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    3 min
  • "Last Lines"

    Emily Bronte (1818-1848) was the first of the literary sisters to die. Her older sister Charlotte identified this poem as her final composition.



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    3 min
  • "Life Will Be Gone Ere I Have Lived"

    With her two sisters, Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), the author of Jane Eyre, published poetry before making a name for herself as a novelist.



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    2 min
  • "If This Be All"

    Anne Bronte (1820-1849), best known as the author of the novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, also published poetry along with her sisters (all using male pseudonyms).



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    4 min

About Cep's Poetry Notes

From the publisher's feed

A daily selection from an obscure or famous poet with remarks.