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On Auden

Wednesday 21 February 2007 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Four poets salute the centenary of WH Auden's birth.

Glyn Maxwell once travelled to Iceland with Simon Armitage in the footsteps of Auden and Louis MacNeice. He explores the distinctive nature of Auden's poems and how they work, with samples including The Fall of Rome and The Shield of Achilles.

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Duration:

15 minutes




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