Two talks on English poetry by GEORGE RYLANDS
1: Twopence Coloured
' Which of two kinds of poetic diction do you favour, not from education or sense of duty but by temperament-Penny Plain or Twopence Coloured? Does the English Muse most captivate you when like Milton's Dalilah " bedeckt, ornate, and gay, with all her bravery on and streamers waving ..." or should we, like King Lear, learn the lesson of poor Tom: that the bare, forked animal is the thing itself, and cast away furs and rich gowns? '
With these questions George Rylands begins his first talk, in which he distinguishes certain preferences in ornate verse.
Produced by John Tydeman
Second broadcast
Penny Plain: November 9