Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lesson #163: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shallott’

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đŸ–‹ïž How much have I looked forward to sharing today’s poem with you – Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shallott’ (1842 version). As a teenager, I used to listen to a recording of it (if I remember well, narrated by Anton Lesser) and I loved its dramatic expression. I memorised it and recite it […]

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Lesson #113: Searching for the Best Words to Describe the Small Things in Life

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This morning, we picked some flowers from our garden to brighten the kitchen. I think one of them is a carnation, the other a dianthus, but I am open to correction! It brought to mind a passage in one of my favourite books, Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1854): ‘… the sun-flower, shining fair,      Ray

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