In this episode, we talk about extended metaphors within poetry, with examples from Elizabeth Bishop and Jose A Alcantara.

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This episode, we are looking at poems that contain puns and word play, exploring the different ways it can be used in poetry.

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In this episode, we are talking about anthropomorphism, giving animals human characteristics, looking at poems by Vachel Lindsay and Dan Taulapapa McMullin.

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In this episode, we are talking about anthropomorphism, giving animals human characteristics, looking at poems by Vachel Lindsay and Dan Taulapapa McMullin.

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This episode is all about poems talking about writing poetry, with works by Marianne Moore and Charles Bukowski

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This week, we cover haikus, both those translated from Japanese and those written in the English language, covering a range of topics.

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This week is all about acrostic poems, looking at poems from both Lewis Carroll and Edgar Allan Poe, seeing poems that each use variations on the acrostic form.

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This week, we are talking all about Sonnets, both what they are and discussing specific examples, with poems by Christina Rossetti and Rafael Campo.

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In this episode, we talk about the different ways in which repetition can be used within poetry, looking at examples from Lewis Carroll and Maya Angelou.

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In our opening episode, we discuss what poetry actually is, including discussing how it goes beyond what we are sometimes told or expect. Your host, Charlotte, explains, while peppering a handful of poems, old and new, throughout. Welcome to a brand new show, about poetry and all its parts.

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