Summer Dawn

Author(s): William Morris

Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)

Narrators: Anita Hibbard, Bruce Kachuk, Czandra, Newgatenovelist, Kerry Adams, KevinS, Lee Ann Howlett, Laurie Banza, Lightcrystal, Larry Wilson, LeeSalter, Mleigh, Paul Baguley, Paula Messina, RajVO, Shaun Lankford

Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 21 minutes

Language: English

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of "Summer Dawn" by William Morris.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 10, 2022.
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When this poem was first published in 1856 it had no title. Subsequently, the 1858 edition gave the sonnet its title of "Summer Dawn." And it is a sonnet, though it does not follow traditional English or Italian models. Perhaps Morris was giving hint of the Provençal 'alba.' These poems in their early form were conversations between two lovers. The requirement is that each stanza end with the word 'alba' [dawn]. Morris ends lines five and eleven this way. - Summary by KevinS