The Eve of St Agnes Read-Along – The Poetry Society
Wednesday 20 January 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Free The Eve of St Agnes is traditionally the night on which a maiden in want of a husband performs a certain set of bed-time rituals to conjure one up. This folk tale inspired John Keats to write his Romantic Medieval narrative poem of the same name – and we’re going to magically recreate the whole story on 20th January – St Agnes’ Eve itself. John Keats. Illustration © Linda Hughes. Poetry Society colleagues and friends Julia Bird and Mike Sims have run many Keats-themed events at Keats House in Hampstead, the Keats Shelley House ...
Source: poetrysociety.org.uk