The Great Poets: John Masefield Audiobook By John Masefield cover art

The Great Poets: John Masefield

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

The Great Poets: John Masefield

By: John Masefield
Narrated by: Ronald Pickup
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $7.87

Buy for $7.87

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

John Masefield (1878–1967) was one of the most prolific, popular and successful poets of the twentieth century. Masefield broke upon Edwardian literature with the startling work entitled "The Everlasting Mercy," which described the spiritual enlightenment of a drunken poacher. Over the span of his lifetime, he was appointed Poet Laureate and amassed a large number of admirers, which included such high-profile names as John Betjeman, Robert Graves and W.B. Yeats. This collection contains 36 poems and spans Masefield's entire career. There are early poems from "Salt-Water Ballads" (1902) and "Ballads" (1903), followed by extracts from the narrative poems "The Everlasting Mercy," "Dauber" and "Reynard the Fox." The selection also includes a number of sonnets including "On Growing Old", as well as his poetry on the Romans, alongside a number of rarities.

Download the accompanying reference guide.Public Domain (P)2013 Naxos AudioBooks European Poetry World Literature

People who viewed this also viewed...

The Great Poets: William McGonagall Audiobook By William Topaz McGonagall cover art
The Great Poets: William McGonagall By: William Topaz McGonagall
All stars
Most relevant  

What made the experience of listening to The Great Poets: John Masefield the most enjoyable?

Joe was a man I knew for a short while, fifty tears ago. He loved poetry and would just burst out with poetry at any given time for long periods of time....usually it was 'Sea Fever'...he spent ten years at sea and memorized many Masefields poems....Now I see why. Ode to you Joe..

What does Ronald Pickup bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is the Poet!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

On Growing Old.

Joe, The Shrimpboat Man

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narrator made these poems come alive! He had the perfect voice, tone and infliction for these poems.

Depth of subject matter.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.