Focus on Literature | Poetic Devices

Join host Danny in this dynamic episode of English Plus Express, under the English Plus Academy series. Dive into the fascinating world of verbs, distinguishing between action and linking verbs. This episode breaks down these essential grammar concepts with everyday examples, mak ...  Show more

Embark on a grammar adventure in this episode of Grammar Galaxy Series with Danny on English Plus Express! Dive deep into the intricacies of the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses. Understand these fundamental grammar concepts with relatable examples and practical insights. W ...  Show more

I yammer on for a while about how inadequate any theory of poetry is, and then I think I end up outlining a tentative theory of poetry. Oops. 

In an ode to the Persian language, author Leili Anvar unfurls the work of 13th-century mystic poet Rumi and reflects on how poetry gives meaning to our lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Some students and I walk through Hopkins' poem, celebrating its particular pleasures and insights, as well as talking in general about how easy it is to access the strange mysterious power of a poem. 

Sarah, Janaya and I swoon over Claire Wahmanholm's Redmouth, and talk about surprises in poetry, and things like diction, mystery, white space, erasure poetry, how to convey emotions and ideas through images and sounds, how living poets should relate to the tradition, and much mo ...  Show more