The Troubadour Podcast

Romantic #2: The Castaway by William Cowper

Kirk j Barbera

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Today I'll be reading and discussing William Cowper's last poem "The Castaway." The poem is about a real life incident of a man who fell overboard, but in the hands of a great poet this accident of life becomes a powerful and tragic universal metaphor. Do you see the secret message in the poem? Follow along and let's find it.