1/5. Casabianca by Felicia Hemans. Best known for its first line ("The boy stood on the burning deck..."), this poem was written about a true event that occurred during the Battle of the Nile in the Napoleonic wars by a poet who in her time rivalled Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron in popularity. Peggy Reynolds talks to critics, a world-famous yachtsman, a naval historian and trainee Officers about its impact.
(Repeated from Sunday)