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…
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