Pre 1914


The following podcasts relate to the old AQA legacy spec, but the poems are still useful for study in Key Stage 2 or 3. Alternatively, just enjoy listening. A special mention goes to Bob Cuthbertson for his help in producing these and a special credit goes to an ex pupil of mine, Scott Williams, who remixed 'The Eagle'.

  • On my first Sonne (Ben Jonson)
  • The Song of the Old Mother (William Butler Yeats)
  • The Affliction of Margaret (William Wordsworth)
  • The Little Boy Lost/Found (William Blake)
  • Tichborne's Elegy (Charles Tichborne)
  • The Man He Killed (Thomas Hardy)
  • Patrolling Barnegat (Walt Whitman)
  • Sonnet 130 (William Shakespeare)
  • My Last Duchess (Robert Browning)
  • The Laboratory (Robert Browning)
  • Ulysses (Alfred Tennyson)
  • The Village Schoolmaster (Oliver Goldsmiths)
  • The Eagle (Alfred Tennyson)
  • Inversnaid (Gerald Manley Hopkins)
  • Sonnet (John Clare)
onmyfirstsonne
Songofoldmother
Afflictionmargaret
littleboylostandfound
Tichborneselegy
Themanhekilled
Patrollingbarnegat
Sonnet130
Mylastduchess
Laboratory
Ulysses
Villageschoolmaster
Eagle
Inversnaid
SonnetJC
eagle_remix