Shakespeare In The Mountains

In this series of posts I am looking at ways to read with expression and understanding of the text. Shakespeare in the Mountains is a project that gathers people who are interested in reading aloud to eat, walk and read in the north of Spain. In my last post, I looked at Robin Goodfellow and made a link with Edward Thomas. In this post, I am going to examine two poems by Thomas that extend the theme of Englishness that is explored in the course Shakespeare- Myth. Thomas was a reader, walker and reviewer before he committed himself to the poetry that he is now remembered for. The poems are tight, condensed gems that give us powerful images, simply expressed.