Something Rhymes with Purple

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Today, Gyles compares us to a Summer’s day as he takes us on exploration of one of his favourite subjects: Poetry, and specifically, the Sonnet.

Together, Susie and Gyles will uncover the A’s and B’s of this ‘little song’, deciphering the iambic from the pentameter, and encountering the greats from Shakespeare to Petrarch to Milton.

14 lines later, we’ll have what Gyles teaches us can be a companion for life as there is always a poem for an occasion that can provide comfort and company. We’ll be dancing by the light of the moon by the end of this episode! 


A Somethin’ Else production. 


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Susie trio:

  • To be overmused and have thinkache: To be exhausted from too much thinking and then encounter an instance of mental suffering and general weariness in your mind.
  • Fauchle - Scottish word meaning to work listlessly and not be able to concentrate.
  • Firgun - Hebrew term meaning unselfish pride and admiration in someone else’s deeds.
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