EPISODE · Apr 19, 2026 · 16 MIN
Charlotte Smith's "Written at the Close of Spring"
from Influential Lyrics · host Kyle Grimes
This episode focuses on a sonnet by Charlotte Smith, one of the best (and certainly one of the most underrated) poets of the late 18th century. The podcast offers a reading of the poem, an explication, and some commentary on the meaning, value, and significance of the work--particularly in light of Smith's own biography, her status as a woman writer, her place in the "Literature of Sensibility," and her historical importance as a catalyst for the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Charlotte Smith's "Written at the Close of Spring"
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