Ursula Bethell, Mail

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The Poetaster

Andrew Smith

22 episodes

6 days ago

Ever wanted to find out a bit more about poetry but didn't know where to begin? Ever wanted to be able to talk about a poem without actually having to study it? Hosts Dr Andrew Smith and Dr Tim McKenzie provide tasting notes to some of their favourite poems and talk about how they work, and why they're worth reading.

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Ursula Bethell, Mail

The Poetaster

17 minutes 49 seconds

3 months ago

Ursula Bethell, Mail

How do you find a place in a rich tradition of English literature stretching back centuries when you're writing in a small colony on the far side of the world? That's the dilemma faced by early twentieth-century New Zealand poet Ursula Bethell in her poem "Mail".

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