Stressed Unstressed: Stephen Fry & Jonathan Bate on Poetic Form 

Two of my favourite teachers of the English language together. Both so remarkable in so many ways More please

Brilliance ... reminding us poetry is not an ivory tower stronghold but a human every day accessible experience ... it is freedom, liberation and in the dirt defining and divining of connection to ourselves, others, and the natural world. Stephen Fry's humane disposition is down home kind, strengthening and liberating.. a true friend to many.

Thanks. I've just joined this online Course. Jonathan is a remarkable scholar, speaking with clarity, insight and charm. Bravo!

Another excellent upload. Thank you!

"one must either become a work of art, or create a work of art, all else is folly". Oscar Wilde

ART Art is a dart that you aim at someone’s heart and if you reach it vibes will start: joy, sorrow or, maybe just a fart. Then you will feel a little bit smart and think: well, this is art!

Going into the mechanics of poetry, I, e, iambic pentameters et al, kill poetry stone dead for new people coming into it. Poetry doesn't do discussion, it just does poetry. For example, one doesn't dissect Rimbaud or Rilke, one lives them, one's consciousness is transformed by such sublime, ethereal verse. "I wish to be alone or be with those that know things others don't know". Rilke

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I am always a little surprised when lovers of imaginative literature do not reference Colin Falck’s Myth, Truth and Literature, which philosophically supports language’s effort to “reach beyond” normally used concepts, which language embodies: the transcendent/revelatory uses of language.

Fry writes good books: listen to one

Muddled sound quality as usual.