Alun Lewis's guest appearances

Alun Lewis

The Daily Poem

The Poetry Voice

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Zbigniew Herbert

William Blake

Robert Browning

Percy Shelley

John Masefield

John Clare

Christina Rossetti

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

John Donne

George Herbert

Andrew Marvell

John Keats

Alfred Noyes

Dylan Thomas

OwlTail

Alun Lewis (1915-1944)Considered by some one of the few great poets to serve and write during the second world war.This is his take on the myth of Leda and the Swan. Zeus turns himself into a swan to rape leda, and Helen of Troy is born. It’s been a subject in art since Classical times. Yeats wrote a fine poem on the same subject. But in Lewis’ version the God disguised as Swan is stricken by an understanding of what he’s done. Such remorse rarely figures in either the pictures or the stories. 

Alun Lewis (1915-1944)Considered by some one of the few great poets to serve and write during the second world war.This is his take on the myth of Leda and the Swan. Zeus turns himself into a swan to rape leda, and Helen of Troy is born. It’s been a subject in art since Classical times. Yeats wrote a fine poem on the same subject. But in Lewis’ version the God disguised as Swan is stricken by an understanding of what he’s done. Such remorse rarely figures in either the pictures or the stories.

Alun Lewis' 'The Swan's way'

Alun Lewis (1 July 1915 – 5 March 1944) was a Welsh poet. He is one of the best-known English-language poets of the Second World War.[1][2]Bio via Wikipedia Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alun Lewis (1 July 1915 – 5 March 1944) was a Welsh poet. He is one of the best-known English-language poets of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Second World War</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Lewis_(poet)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Lewis_(poet)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">[2]</a>Bio via Wikipedia Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Alun Lewis' "Today It Has Rained"