MrMcBridesEnglishPodcast: Recent Episodes
Mr McBride
This is the first in a series of podcasts where we will be looking at the texts we have studied as part of the comparative in Leaving Cert English. Apologies for the roughness of the podcast. It might lack a bit of flow but we'll get better with practice.
Contents: 1) Reading of the poem 2) Commentary on lines 1-7 followed by Commentary on lines 8-14 3) Themes 4) Language and Form 5) Imagery 6) Question
A breakdown of the poem 'Begin' by Brendan Kennelly. Apologies for any offence caused to Kerry men 😁 **notes from Discovery New Poetry 2019
Today we look at Adrienne Rich’s poem - The Uncle in the Drawing Room. Link to clip used in podcast from democracynow - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJH4Y-ylOzE
Today’s pod is all about Benjamin Zephaniahs Poem - The Sun. I played around with some music and the poem also features an interrupting postman!