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Five Easy Pieces

Episode 1: Young and Old

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Christopher Ricks explores some short poems that are worth remembering.
Young and Old: Frances Cornford's 'Childhood' and Shakespeare's Sonnet 73.
Producer: Tim Dee. Show less

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