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10 Poems I Like Part IV

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Poems discussed in this episode:

"Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee" by Emily Bronte

"Cargoes" by John Masefield

"From Stone to Steel" by E.J. Pratt

"The Hill" by Rupert Brooke

"When the Ecstatic Body Grips" by E.R. Dodds

"For My Daughter" by Weldon Kees

"Poetry and Religion" by Les Murray

"Soul" by Alan Shapiro

"Where the River Meets the Sound" by Suzanne Doyle

"Clear Water" by Catherine Tufariello

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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 (/ /)