by Emily Dickinson I'm nobody! Who are you? As one of America's most well-regarded poets, Emily Dickinson has more than a few ...

The final two programmes focus on classic poetry and include a selection of well-known poems often taught at Key Stage 2. These poems are read by the actors Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Christina Rossetti was one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, well known for collections including Goblin Market and Other Poems and The Face of the Deep. She addressed gender issues in her ...

The final two programmes focus on classic poetry and include a selection of well-known poems often taught at Key Stage 2. These poems are read by the actors Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Another well-known poem, “Hold the Harvest,” was so powerful that Irish activist Michael Davitt called it the “Marseillaise of the Irish peasant,” comparing it to the French national anthem.

Nevertheless, they both held to a belief in a poet’s social responsibility. A well-known poem by Thomas ends with his evocation of an owl’s voice: “Speaking for all who lay under the stars, / Soldiers ...