The Literature Linguist

Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

Adrienne Rich

Sep 18 • Poetry Dude

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Why His Sonnets Break Our Hearts (And How to Steal that Style)

Four hundred years later, fourteen lines of rhymed pentameter are still the ultimate tool for capturing messy human obsession.

Sep 10 • Poetry Dude

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August 2026

There Will Come Soft Rains (1918)

by Sara Teasdale:

Aug 4 • Poetry Dude

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July 2026

Poem of the Month: The Darkling Thrush

By Thomas Hardy

Jul 6 • Poetry Dude

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June 2026

Auden and All Else

W.H.

Jun 26 • Poetry Dude

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How She Saw Success

Sylvia Plath's view against the flocks of humanity.

Jun 9 • Poetry Dude

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May 2026

Deadly Omens and "Sir Patrick Spens"

“Sir Patrick Spens” is a classic, anonymous Scottish ballad passed down from generation to generation, first famously published in 1765.

May 29 • Poetry Dude

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Spellbound

By Emily Brontë

May 22 • Poetry Dude

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The Reciprocity of Love in "Don't Go Far Off"

There is a specific, sharpened kind of vertigo that comes with loving someone deeply—the sudden, irrational realization that the world is far too large…

May 14 • Poetry Dude

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April 2026

Azaleas

By Kim Sowol

Apr 30 • Poetry Dude

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"How Do I Love Thee" By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love is one of the most powerful emotions humans experience, yet it can be difficult to describe just how deep it truly goes.

Apr 13 • Poetry Dude

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March 2026

The Solitary Reaper

By William Wordsworth

Mar 5 • Poetry Dude

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