The Troubadour Podcast

Romantic #2: The Castaway by William Cowper

May 14, 2018 Kirk j Barbera
The Troubadour Podcast
Romantic #2: The Castaway by William Cowper
Show Notes
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.