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  Top 10 Poets The - The 20th...

  T S Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace...

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  The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives.  Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. 
  But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. 
  In this century The Pulitzer and other elite prizes shower down on poets who use words in ways that help to explore and explain the ever-changing world in which they live.

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  The Double

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  First published in 1846, The Double: A Petersburg Poem marks one of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s earliest and most daring explorations of the human psyche. Often overshadowed by his later masterpieces, The Double is nevertheless a crucial work in Dostoevsky’s literary evolution — a precursor to the psychological complexity and existential themes that would define Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and Notes from Underground. 
  The novella tells the story of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a low-ranking civil servant whose already fragile identity begins to unravel when he encounters his exact double — a man who is identical in appearance but possesses all the social charm and confidence Golyadkin lacks. What follows is a haunting descent into paranoia, self-alienation, and mental disintegration, all set against the bureaucratic backdrop of 19th-century St. Petersburg.

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  Dear Young Monster

  Pete MacHale

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  'A jolt, a shock, a humming just beneath my skin, something surging through my veins, my body awakening, buzzing to life finally, FINALLY.'
  A young trans man, struggling as he begins his medical transition, drops out of university and retreats to his quiet hometown. His friends are gone. The neighbours are watching. His body is changing faster than he can make sense of it... until a midnight screening of Frankenstein offers him a strange kind of salvation.
  Staring into the monster's big, dead, sad eyes, something finally clicks: for the first time, he feels seen.
  Vivid, witty and humane, Dear Young Monster is Pete MacHale's debut solo show, delving into fear, otherness, and what it means to embrace being the monster the world keeps telling you that you are.
  It premiered at Bristol Old Vic in 2024, directed by Sammy Glover, and was nominated for the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Studio Production. It transferred to Soho Theatre, London, in 2025.

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  The Raven

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'"
  
  On a "bleak December" midnight, a weary student seeks refuge from his sorrow in ancient books, only to be interrupted by a mysterious tapping at his chamber door. What follows is a dark, psychological tug-of-war between a man paralyzed by the loss of his beloved Lenore and a "stately Raven" that perches atop a bust of Pallas. Through hypnotic rhythm and internal rhyme, Poe captures the precise moment when melancholy turns into incurable despair. The bird's singular, repetitive refrain becomes a mirror for the narrator's own self-torture, transforming a simple midnight visit into a timeless symbol of the human struggle with the finality of death.
  
  Poe famously wrote an essay, "The Philosophy of Composition," detailing how he meticulously crafted this poem to achieve a "unity of effect." Every element, from the choice of the raven as a "bird of ill omen" to the trochaic octameter of the verses, was designed to build a crescendo of dread.
  
  The Raven perches upon the bust of Pallas Athena (the goddess of wisdom), symbolizing the triumph of irrational grief over reason. By the poem's end, the narrator's soul is trapped within the shadow of the bird, signifying that for some types of grief, there is no escape and no "balm in Gilead."
  
  The Raven made Poe a household name almost overnight. Its musicality makes it one of the most effective pieces for oral recitation, while its psychological depth continues to fascinate scholars and horror fans alike. It is the definitive expression of the "Dark Romantic" movement—a beautiful, terrifying look at a heart that refuses to heal.
  
  Open the door to the shadows. Purchase "The Raven" today.

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  Blottentots and How to Make Them

  John Prosper Carmel

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  Music when soft voices die

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Music, when soft voices die by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 27th, 2008.

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