Poetry Extra: Adventures In Poetry

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Weekly opportunity for listeners to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: Adventures In Poetry - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

Adventures In Poetry - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Adventures In Poetry - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.

Daljit Nagra selects Adventures In Poetry - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" as part of the Dive Into Summer season.  From 1999.

As part of our Dive Into Summer season, poet Daljit Nagra selects an edition of Adventures in Poetry - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

Adventures In Poetry - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Sonnet No 18 by William Shakespeare. 

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" asks Richard Wilson, as he explores some of the hidden meanings and resonance of Shakespeare’s much-loved sonnet. 

Reader – Andrew Hilton 

Producer – Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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