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The Sonnet

BBC Radio 3
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Simon Rae asks five poets to explain the 14 lines of the sonnet, one of the most popular forms in English. Paul Muldoon
The radical Northern Irish poet reads from his own work and talks about sonnets by Robert Frost and by Thomas Wyatt , who introduced the form to
Britain from Italy in the 16th century.
Producer Rob Ketteridge

Contributors

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Simon Rae
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Paul Muldoon
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Robert Frost
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Thomas Wyatt
Producer:
Rob Ketteridge
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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