33. ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron with Mark Saunders: "No One Should Tell You How You Should Interpret Poetry!"
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Mark Saunders, a writer and broadcaster, about ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron (1788—1824)
Topics:
- Physical & inner beauty
- Beauty in the world around us
- How Poetry got Mark into reading books
- No one should tell you how you should interpret Shakespeare, any book, or poetry
- Classism in the arts
- Poets are the primary victims in times of oppression - the power of the written word
- Mark reads the poem again after you’ve heard his context with music set to it
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
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