“O Captain! My Captain!” is an extended metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865. You can support this channel and my other content on Patreon. About the Poem: “O Captain! My Captain!” is an extended metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon …
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a short poem written by Robert Frost in 1923. You can support this channel and my other content on Patreon. Music credits: And Awaken – Stings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100331 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
“Invictus” is a short poem written by William Ernest Henley in 1875. When William Henley was 16 years old, his left leg had to be amputated after complications from tuberculosis. Five so years later, he was told that his other leg would need to be amputated as well. Instead, he went to Edinburgh in August …
“The Road Not Taken” is a narrative poem written by Robert Frost in 1915. Robert Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England, where among his acquaintances was the writer Edward Thomas. Thomas and Frost became close friends and took many walks together. One day, as they were walking together, they came across two …
I’ve started a new channel, Standing Sun Poetry, as both a voice over exercise and to provide some value to fellow homeschool parents looking for safe ways of introducing their student to classic English poetry. “Ozymandias” is a sonnet written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817, published in 1818. Ozymandias was a Greek name for …