Tag: Robert Graves
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Robert Graves reading his poems
It is always fascinating to hear a poet read his own work. Particularly when you have been spending some considerable time using it; putting it in context; setting it to music. By the time you have finished working with it, what you unconsciously respond to in that poem has affected its shape, its feel,…
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Introducing – The Melody Makers of Bath Abbey – the children singing in ‘The Cool Web’
Robert Graves, like so many of his contemporaries in the trenches, was only 19 when he arrived on the Somme; the memories of childhood were not far behind him, and a natural source of emotional reference for his poetry.
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The hot scent of the summer rose
Children are dumb to say how hot the day is,. How hot the scent is of the summer rose..
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William Graves on Robert Graves and his experiences in WW1
A moving BBC interview with William Graves, who talks about the effect of WW1 on Robert Graves
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War and Friendship
Since I got the news that you were coming back, Twice I have mounted to the high wall of your home.
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