Written in 1915 about a two-minute stop at a railway station in the Cotswolds, this poem has long been loved for its evocation of high summer and rural England. Show more
Keats' poem records him touching the ancient world through translation and his fecund imagination. Peggy Reynolds explores the stories behind its creation and its enduring appeal. Show more
Peggy Reynolds investigates the intriguing layers of mystery surrounding one of Philip Larkin's best-loved poems, An Arundel Tomb. Show more
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Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and appeal of some well-loved poems. Robert Frost's Mending Wall, which gave us the epigram 'good fences make good neighbours'. Show more
Peggy Reynolds teases out the many layers of Robert Browning's chilling but groundbreaking poem, in which an aristocrat tacitly admits to having done away with his young wife. Show more