Classic Tales Revisited

This is the final episode of Classic Tales Revisited! 

Daffodils brings home the idea that nature is the source of eternal joy. 

Read by Rachel Blundey

Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean

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The poem introduces time as an enemy to nature, while personifying both in a way which is extremely symbolic.

Read by Deirdre Quinn

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The poem is an elegy written in 1865 to commemorate the death of President Abraham Lincoln.

Read by John Martin

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This poem is an ambiguous one that allows the reader to think about choices in life, whether to go with the mainstream or go it alone.

Read by Kerry-Anne James

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‘If‘ is an inspirational poem that provides advice on how one should live one’s life. The poem takes the listener through various ways in which the listener can rise above adversity that will almost certainly be thrown one’s way at some point.

Read by Paul Danger McLean

Music by Caetlyn McLean

The poet describes a series of conflicts between reality and the romantic ideal of uniting with nature.

Read by Damian Rieck

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The poem tells of a young man's quest to slay the Jabberwock and the creatures he meets along the way.

Read by Paul Danger McLean  

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"The Tiger" is often said to be the most widely anthologized poem in the English language. It consists entirely of questions about the nature of God and creation, particularly whether the same God that created vulnerable beings like the lamb could also have made the fearsome tiger. 

Read by Paul Danger McLean

Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean

The poet describes England through the extended metaphor of a well-loved, well-cared-for garden.

Read by Rachel Blundey.

Sound design by Caetlyn McLean.

Recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in Caroll’s book Through The Looking Glass.

Read by Damian Rieck

Sound design by Caetlyn McLean