Words, Words, Words | Sonnet 17
Sonnet 17
Actor Ian McKellen presents his personal choice of poetry and prose. These include 'Words' by Edward Thomas, 'When I have Fears' by John Keats, ‘Sonnet 17’ by William Shakespeare, ‘Samuel Johnson's Letter to Lord Chesterfield’, ‘Preface to Kubla Khan’ by S.T. Coleridge, 'Thoughts About the Person From Porlock' by Stevie Smith, 'In My Craft and Sullen Art' by Dylan Thomas, 'East Coker' by T.S. Eliot, 'Prose Poem Towards A Definition of Itself' by Brian Pattern and 'The Voyeur' by Tom Leonard.
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