O Where Are You Going?

This podcast is on the W H Auden poem 'O Where Are You Going?' - a question we could well ask Mr Auden: 'Where are you going with this poem?' Perhaps we should listen to this podcast to find out!

Form, structure and language in Auden's 'Ode'

Are you brave enough to tackle 'Ode'? No? Well then: listen to this.

Introduction to the Auden's 'Ode'

Try this introduction to Auden's poem 'Ode'.

The Road - 1

This is the first podcast on Cormac McCarthy's The Road. The podcast covers some of the more basic pointers of AO2 that you definitely need to understand.

As I Walked Out One Evening

This is the second podcast on 'As I Walked Out One Evening'. MAke sure you listen to the other on first; this podcast talks about the moment that the 'clocks' start speaking right the way through to the end of the poem.

O What is that Sound?

'O WHat is that Sound' is a ballad; or rather, Auden (like Coleridge) uses the conventions of a ballad in order to create interesting meanings. Although there is FAR more to say about this poem than can be expressed in a few minutes, this podcast is a good place to start.

As I Walked Out One Evening

This poem appears very simple at the start; it isn't! The meanings of the poem are philosophical: time, love and life are explored. They aren't so much defined, as 'explored'. However, the construction of the poem is fascinating, too. Here, the podcast covers the frame narrative and the first change of 'point of view' - Auden's doing very well to include all those in the first few stanzas.