Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Grief”
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The episode discusses Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem on grief, contrasting Victorian stoicism with sentimentality.
Today’s poem, pitting Victorian stoicism against Victorian sentimentality, contends that the truest grief is the most austere and long-lived. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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