A Rhyme A Dozen - Paintings: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

Written by Edith Wharton, Ford Madox Ford, Anne Kingsmill-Finch and 9 more

Narrated by David Shaw Parker, Kelly O'Doherty and Ghizela Rowe

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.

01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Paintings - An Introduction

02 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra Pound

03 - Botticlelli’s Madonna in the Louvre by Edith Wharton

04 - To a Beautiful Female Portrait by Henry Alford

05 - Before a Painting by James Weldon Johnson

06 - The Portrait by Ford Madox Ford

07 - Her Portrait Immortal by Richard Le Gallienne

08 - On a Portrait of Dante by Giotto by James Russell Lowell

09 - Sonnet 83 - I Never Saw That You Did Painting Need by William Shakespeare

10 - An Inscription for Zheng Shujin's Painting by Qiu Jin

11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson

12 - To the Painter, To Draw Him a Picture by Robert Herrick

13 - To the Painter of an Ill Drawn Picture of Cleone by Anne Kingsmill-Finch

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Jan 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781803549187

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was born in 1862 to a prominent and wealthy New York family. In 1885 she married Boston socialite 'Teddy' Wharton but the marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1913. The couple travelled frequently to Europe and settled in France, where Wharton stayed until her death in 1937. Her first major novel was The House of Mirth (1905); many short stories, travel books, memoirs and novels followed, including Ethan Frome (1911) and The Reef (1912). She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature with The Age of Innocence (1920) and she was thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was also decorated for her humanitarian work during the First World War.