Episode 4 - Shakespeare, Frost and Kavikko Abdul Rahman

Episode 4: Shakespeare, Frost and Kavikko Abdul RahmanProfessor Nedumaran welcomes viewers to this week’s poetry episode and introduces readings from “the Masters,” naming William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, and Kavikko Abdul Rahman. He highlights Shakespeare’s enduring cultural influence and presents Sonnet 73, explaining it is not a romantic sonnet but a meditation on the “autumn of life” and graceful aging, then reads the poem. He then introduces Frost as a major New England voice (quoting Harold Bloom) and reads “The Road Not Taken,” describing it as a poem about choices, the difficulty of deciding, and how choices shape life’s differences. He briefly praises Abdul Rahman as an important 20th-century new Tamil poetry voice and professor of Tamil, noting his complex imagery and blend of love, life, and spiritual realism, before closing with thanks, a request to share the link, and a sign-off until next week.00:00 Welcome to the Show00:36 Shakespeare Spotlight01:23 Sonnet 73 Reading02:40 Robert Frost Intro03:24 The Road Not Taken04:42 Abdul Rahman Intro07:07 Closing and Thanks This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit poetryprofessor.substack.com