Stressed Unstressed: Stephen Fry & Jonathan Bate on Poetic Form

STRESSED UNSTRESSED: Series 1 of our course of videos on LITERATURE & MENTAL HEALTH continues with a discussion between polymath Stephen Fry, author of THE ODE LESS TRAVELLED, and Professor Jonathan Bate, on the subject of poetic form: how the ordered quality of poetic writing can help us to order our minds in the relief of stress.

[@yorkshireroots]

Two of my favourite teachers of the English language together. Both so remarkable in so many ways More please

[@lesleyannsaketkoomdmph3613]

Brilliance ... reminding us poetry is not an ivory tower stronghold but a human every day accessible experience ... it is freedom, liberation and in the dirt defining and divining of connection to ourselves, others, and the natural world. Stephen Fry's humane disposition is down home kind, strengthening and liberating.. a true friend to many.

[@MichaelCantrall]

Another excellent upload. Thank you!

[@purpledanny1958]

Thanks. I've just joined this online Course. Jonathan is a remarkable scholar, speaking with clarity, insight and charm. Bravo!

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

"one must either become a work of art, or create a work of art, all else is folly". Oscar Wilde

[@jocchiaro]

ART Art is a dart that you aim at someone’s heart and if you reach it vibes will start: joy, sorrow or, maybe just a fart. Then you will feel a little bit smart and think: well, this is art!

[@jonathangilmore3193]

I am always a little surprised when lovers of imaginative literature do not reference Colin Falck’s Myth, Truth and Literature, which philosophically supports language’s effort to “reach beyond” normally used concepts, which language embodies: the transcendent/revelatory uses of language.

[@QuirkyXD]

Deedumdeedumdeedum...

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

Going into the mechanics of poetry, I, e, iambic pentameters et al, kill poetry stone dead for new people coming into it. Poetry doesn't do discussion, it just does poetry. For example, one doesn't dissect Rimbaud or Rilke, one lives them, one's consciousness is transformed by such sublime, ethereal verse. "I wish to be alone or be with those that know things others don't know". Rilke

[@stephen_pfrimmer]

Fry writes good books: listen to one

[@wallacecleaver4485]

Muddled sound quality as usual.