Lear and Cordelia ("Come, let's away to prison")
The Daily Poem · Sean Johnson
September 17, 20247m 47s
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Show Notes
Today’s poem is a passage of blank verse from Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s King Lear. In the action of the play the scene is a prelude to tragedy, but as a picture of love between father and daughter it is almost perfect. Happy reading.
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