About this episode

In this bilingual episode, Erika Kyba reads La Fontaine's 'The Oak and the Reed' in French and English, discussing themes of power and humility.

In today’s episode of The Poetry Fix, join Erika Kyba for a bilingual episode. She reads La Fontaine's "The Oak and the Reed" in French and English, exploring a poem-parable that discusses the fall of the mighty and the survival of the humble.

People in this episode

Host: Erika Kyba

Topics covered

• bilingual poetry
• fables
• literature
• survival
• humility

Keywords

• poetry
• bilingual
• La Fontaine
• fable
• humble
• mighty
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Oak and the Reed, La Fontaine

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