Poet's Voice
FOUND the first broadcast in C. Day Lewis’s series of talks on modern poetry a truly memorable experience. I had expected the material of his talks to be good, and I knew that they would, in addition, have the added curiosity value that comes when the name on the spine of a book speaks aloud to us in a human voice. The voice itself, however, came as a surprise and a delight, an expressively beautiful voice, speaking a script whose rhythms were a pleasure to listen to. The poems selected to illustrate Day Lewis’s remarks ranged in time from Spenser to Laurie Lee and Louis MacNeice, arid provided beauty in themselves, and interesting contrasts.
This programme, which was heard originally on the BBC Third Programme, was the first of a series to be heard from 4YC on Sunday nights at 10 o'clock, and I should like to register yet another protest that a programme of such outstanding merit should be given us at the very end of the day when many listeners have prepared to turn off their radios for the night.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 770, 23 April 1954, Page 11
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184Poet's Voice New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 770, 23 April 1954, Page 11
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