Beauty & Truth

 "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
John Keats - May 1819
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  Author Biography

Roger Hansford was born in 1981, and grew up at the New Forest home built in 1923 by his great-grandfather. Members of his extended family live in New Jersey, USA, and Biarritz, France. Both his parents are published writers.

He gained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with 1st Class Honours at Southampton University, where he is now working towards an MMus in Musicology. He holds UK qualified teacher status, and for five years has taught Music at secondary schools in Canterbury and Bournemouth, UK.

He plays piano, harpsichord and clarinet, conducts a band, and has spent seven years working as a church organist. He is a keen writer and enjoys all aspects of the arts and arts appreciation.

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Channels of Clarity and Vision: The Poems of Bridget Joseph
Twelve Features To Make a Good Poem - by Sebastian Hayes.
Beauty and Truth in Two Contrasting Poems about Death - by Sebastian Hayes.
Ron Hansford: Countryman Poet - Anthology Review by Sebastian Hayes.
The Unitary Vision of Sylvia Oldroyd - Anthology Review by Sebastian Hayes.
Poetry Review: An Appreciation of "Spawn" by Ronald J. Hansford.
Poetry Review: "Hijacked over China with Jane Austen" by W. H. Petty.
How Margaret Mahy creates a sense of ritual in Chapter 9 of "The Changeover".
Impressive aspects of staging, organisation, and dialogue in David Hare's play "Murmuring Judges".
The Role of Estella in Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations".
The Metaphysical Poetry of John Donne: Four Contrasting Poems.
"The Poetry of Earth is never dead": The Poetry of Keats as a Celebration of the World of Nature.

 

 

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