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The Power of Poetry

Learning: Secondary

17/03/2010

BBC Two - The Power of Poetry

With poems from Andrew Marvell, Thomas Hardy, Tennyson and Edmund Waller.

Poems looking at how different characters choose to seize the day. The poets include Andrew Marvell, Thomas Hardy, Tennyson and Edmund Waller.

From the offices of venture capitalists to the seedy back alleyways of Leeds, these poems look at how different characters choose to seize the day. The poets include Andrew Marvell, Thomas Hardy, Tennyson and Edmund Waller with work ranging from 1580 up to 1910.

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