Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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W.H. Auden's poem Musée des Beaux Arts addressing suffering and uses some Bruegel paintings to explore the nature of poetry and art. In this video I start with the paintings and then do a line by line analysis of the poem's form and use of literary devices.

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I also have a video about an Elizabeth Bishop Poem: youtube.com/watch?v=jdeBRFGEB9s

and a video about Adrienne Rich: youtube.com/watch?v=acJDRQ6O4Ss

And a video about Poetry generally: youtube.com/watch?v=m2wJtHlGpMI

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