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- 2 days ago4 min
The Wolf and the Lamb: Prudence in the Face of Injustice
“The right of the strongest is always the greatest,” La Fontaine writes in “The Wolf and the Lamb,” a disturbing fable about the overthrow of justice by a powerful and malicious entity. Is this really all Fontaine wants to tell us, though? Join Erika Kyba to investigate the subtler insights which our poet leaves us with.
- 1 weeks ago4 min
Mutabilitie: Change as Tyrant
Do you seek out change, or view it as a destructive force? Edmund Spencer, in “Mutabilitie,” imagines change as tyrannizing over the lives of men to gain glory for herself. Join Erika Kyba to learn why Spencer takes this angle.
- 2 weeks ago4 min
The Wife of Usher’s Well: It Fell About the Martinmass
Is it dangerous to cling to the departed, when it is time for them to pass into the afterlife? The folk poet of “The Wife of Usher’s Well” seems to think so. Join Erika Kyba for the full episode and analysis.
- 3 weeks ago4 min
Epithalamion: An Unusual Invocation
If you've completed high school English, it's likely you've heard of the standard "invocation of the muse" invoked by epic poets such as Homer and Virgil. What would happen if a poet used this invocation to frame a poem about a wedding, rather than adventure and war? Spencer's "Epithalamion" accomplishes just that; join Erika Kyba to encounter this love ballad.
- Sep 28, 20264 min
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Does absence make the heart grow fonder? John Donne, our poet who believes so strongly in the united souls of lovers, asks himself what happens to this harmony when the lovers are separated. Join Erika Kyba for a reading and analysis of this epic love poem.
- Sep 20, 20264 min
The Ecstasy: A Dialogue of One
When you love someone, do you love them with your soul, mind, or body? Is love by one of the faculties superior to that of the others? John Donne meditates on this theme in "The Ecstasy." Join Erika Kyba for a reading and analysis of this poem.
- Sep 14, 20264 min
Since She Whom I Lov'd Hath Paid Her Last Debt: A Holy Thirsty Dropsy
Is it possible to have enough love to be content? Can a Christian be content with God's love, being that God is infinite, or will he always crave more of God? And what relationship does God's love for us have with our love for others? John Donne wrestles with all these questions and more in "Since She Whom I Lov'd Hath Paid Her Last Debt." Tune in for Erika Kyba's reading of this complex poem.
- Sep 5, 20264 min
Start Close In: The Ground You Know
Can you know others without knowing yourself? This is the question which David Whyte interrogates in "Start Close In," as he examines what it means to cross over into the unknown territory of The Other. Join Erika Kyba to delve into sound advice...with a poetic twist.
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