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Episode 22: Two Poems of World War I
April 27th, 2021 | Season 2 | 24 mins 43 secs
20th century, grief and loss, guest on the show, modernism, rhymed verse, sonnet, veteran's day
In this episode, we talk with Vince Sherry about two poems of WWI: Rupert Brooke's "The Soldier" and Ivor Gurney's "To His Love." The first poem, a stately beauty, imagines war almost peacefully; the second poem, scarred by combat, speaks back nervously and angrily. We talk through this remarkable set of poems and experiences and examine how a careful use of language conveys their effects.