Louis Untermeyer: "End of the Comedy"

About this episode

This episode features a reading of Louis Untermeyer's poem 'End of the Comedy'.

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 18, 2026. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org⁠

Topics covered

• poetry
• literature

Keywords

• Louis Untermeyer
• poem
• reading

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: End of the Comedy, Poem-a-Day

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