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As well as new recordings by contemporary poets the Poetry Archive also contains selections of classic poems recorded by contemporary voices.
238 poems
The Classics
Ode to the West Wind
Read by Kit Wright
Ode to the West Wind - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Read by Kit Wright
The Classics
Ode to a Skylark
Read by Kit Wright
Ode to a Skylark - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Read by Kit Wright
The Classics
When I am Dead, my dearest
Read by Helen Dunmore
When I am Dead, my dearest - Christina Rossetti - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
Goblin Market
Read by Helen Dunmore
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
Paradise Lost (extract)
Read by Helen Dunmore
by John Milton
Paradise Lost (extract) - John Milton - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
On Shakespeare, 1630
Read by Helen Dunmore
by John Milton
On Shakespeare, 1630 - John Milton - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
When I Consider How My Light Is Spent (On His Blindness)
Read by Helen Dunmore
by John Milton
When I Consider How My Light Is Spent (On His Blindness) - John Milton - Read by Helen Dunmore
The Classics
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Read by Andrew Motion
by Wilfred Owen
Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
The Send-off
Read by Andrew Motion
by Wilfred Owen
The Send-off - Wilfred Owen - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Strange Meeting
Read by Andrew Motion
by Wilfred Owen