This installment of Guigemar takes our protagonist to a magical ship that sets sail without any prompting of his. Guigemar falls fast asleep in a room that bears strong associations to King Solomon and is likely meant to evoke the Song of Songs. This may or may not foreshadow what Guigemar will find upon waking up.
This installment of Guigemar portrays our protagonist's fateful hunt of a white hind with a stag's antlers. Considering the supernatural legends associated with the white stag, you might think that Guigemar would take heed of the creature. The question is...will he?
Today, we read an opening excerpt from Marie de France's Guigemar, a medieval tale of curses, courtly intrigue, and forbidden love. We examine the poet's characterization of the knight, Guigemar, and how his lack of tenderness foreshadows the dramatic events to follow.
Today, we finish out "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," watching the final analysis of our narrator's life play out. The narrator asks himself a seemingly bizarre yet poignant question: Do I dare to eat a peach? The way we choose to answer that question for ourselves might be more impactful than you would think at first glance.
This installment of T. S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" shows our narrator justifying his decision not to pursue his beloved by pointing out the perils of relationships and frustrated communication. Instead of confronting the problem, Prufrock chooses cynicism and avoidance...perhaps a choice we have all made at one point or another.
This installment of T. S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" begins to unravel the dark consequences of our narrator's failure to courageously pursue that which he loves most.
This installment of T. S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" reintroduces our narrator's fruitless longing for romance, as he is paralyzed by beauty rather than inspired by it.
This installment of T. S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" takes our narrator right up to the entrance of a social engagement, where he wavers between entering and running away. Faced with an anxiety common to the human experience, Prufrock must decide whether or not he will expose himself to the possible judgement of others.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we revisit T. S. Eliot's Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore one of D. H. Laurence's final works: "Bavarian Gentians."
In this episode of "The Poetry Fix," we pause from the rush of life and experience W. H. Auden's "On This Island."
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore the first part of T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore Easter, 1916, by William Butler Yeats.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we read "Spring," by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we read "A Knife of Pure Blade," by Joao Cabral do Melo Neto.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore Fernando Pessoa's "My Essence is Exhaustion." No, this is not the lament of a tired college student- it's something a little darker.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore the darkly mysterious "Voices From a Tomb," by Augusto dos Anjos.
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we continue our journey through "In Memoriam A. H. H."
In this episode of the Poetry Fix, we explore the beginning of Tennyson's "In Memoriam A. H. H."
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore Charles Baudelaire's "Correspondences."
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous "Sonnet 43."
In this episode of The Poetry Fix, we explore Tennyson's enigmatic "Mariana."
