"Disobedience" by Ryan Wilson
Manage episode 402242536 series 3396484
Text of poem here.
Topics discussed in this episode include:
-"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
-Buy Ryan's books, including his new collection, "In Ghostlight," here
-"L'Estraneo" by Ryan Wilson
-"On A Baroque Wall Fountain in the Villa Sciarra" by Richard Wilbur
-"The Gardens of the Villa D'Este" by Anthony Hecht
-"The Venetian Vespers" by Anthony Hecht
-"See Naples and Die" by Anthony Hecht
-The concept of the labyrinth
-"The Stones of Venice" by John Ruskin
-The Baudelairian method
-The Wordsworthian child archetype
-Venice has its reasons
-Strategic narrative distance
-In a satanic world, rebellion is godly.
BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.
Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.
You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here!
TikTok: @versecraft
Send me a note at: versecraftpodcast@gmail.com
My favorite poetry podcasts for:
Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets
Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says
The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight
Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry Association
Art by David Anthony Klug
List of the most common metrical feet:
Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)
Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)
Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)
Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)
Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)
Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)
Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)
Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)
77 episodes