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The Doggerel and Pony Show - The Highwayman
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An epic(ally bad) poem of love and heroism, self-sacrifice, and purple prose! That is the conundrum that is The Highwayman.
Phillip and David take on this classic piece of doggerel, well-known to every teenage student that has stood the test of time, no matter how trite and overblown it seems to modern ears. Why has it survived? What influences went into the poet's writing? Why did Fleetwood Mac use it in a music video? Why, oh why, is it so bad (that it's good)?!
All this and more in this episode of The Doggerel and Pony Show - where we talk about poetry so you don't have to.
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