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Last broadcast on Sat, 14 Nov 2009, 23:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of some well-loved poems.
Written in 1915 about a two-minute stop at a railway station in the Cotswolds, this poem has long been loved for its evocation of high summer, rural England and the intimation of changes to come.
Broadcasts
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Sun 8 Nov 200916:30
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Sat 14 Nov 200923:30
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