A Poet's Guide to Britain
Poet and author Owen Sheers presents a series in which he explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape.
A Poet's Guide to Britain - George Mackay Brown
Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at George Mackay Brown's Hamnavoe and visits his home town of Stromness in the Orkneys.
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A Poet's Guide to Britain - Louis MacNeice
Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Louis MacNeice's poem Woods, in which the middle-aged MacNeice takes stock of who he has become.
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A Poet's Guide to Britain - Lynette Roberts
Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He visits the Welsh village of Llanybri to discover the story behind Lynette Roberts's Poem from Llanybri.
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A Poet's Guide to Britain - Matthew Arnold
Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He tells the story behind Matthew Arnold's bleak but tremendous poem Dover Beach.
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A Poet's Guide to Britain - Sylvia Plath
Owen Sheers explores six works of poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights, inspired by her time in the Yorkshire moors.
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A Poet's Guide to Britain - William Wordsworth
Owen Sheers explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape. This episode features Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth.
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