Episodes — The Poetry Tavern

Episode 10

In this episode, we talk about extended metaphors within poetry, with examples from Elizabeth Bishop and Jose A Alcantar...

Episode 9

This episode, we are looking at poems that contain puns and word play, exploring the different ways it can be used in po...

Episode 8

In this episode, we are talking about anthropomorphism, giving animals human characteristics, looking at poems by Vachel...

Episode 7

In this episode, we are talking about anthropomorphism, giving animals human characteristics, looking at poems by Vachel...

Episode 5

This week, we cover haikus, both those translated from Japanese and those written in the English language, covering a ra...

Episode 4

This week is all about acrostic poems, looking at poems from both Lewis Carroll and Edgar Allan Poe, seeing poems that e...

Episode 3

This week, we are talking all about Sonnets, both what they are and discussing specific examples, with poems by Christin...

Episode 2

In this episode, we talk about the different ways in which repetition can be used within poetry, looking at examples fro...

Episode 1

In our opening episode, we discuss what poetry actually is, including discussing how it goes beyond what we are sometime...