The Seasons
The Seasons is a series of four long poems in blank verse by the Scottish poet James Thomson, each poem describing one of the four seasons. The poems are replete with various scenes of nature described with loving detail, as well as Thomson's view of the proper relationship between humans and nature, which anticipates the attitudes of the Romantics. "Spring," which was published in 1728, first brought Thomson to mainstream attention. He followed it up with "Summer," "Winter," and "Autumn," publishing all four as The Seasons in 1730. It is in large part because of the reputation he garnered from the publication of The Seasons that the critic William Hazlitt called Thomson "the best and most original of our descriptive poets." (Summary by Abe Nemon)
Genre(s): Poetry
Language: English
Keyword(s): poetry (1793), nature (886), winter (67), spring (48), summer (43), fall (16), blank verse (4)
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Life of James Thomson | Abe Nemon |
00:19:29 |
Play 01 | Spring - Part I | Abe Nemon |
00:34:30 |
Play 02 | Spring - Part II | Abe Nemon |
00:36:30 |
Play 03 | Summer - Part I | Abe Nemon |
00:47:19 |
Play 04 | Summer - Part II | Abe Nemon |
00:57:56 |
Play 05 | Autumn - Part I | Abe Nemon |
00:51:03 |
Play 06 | Autumn - Part II | Abe Nemon |
00:34:25 |
Play 07 | Winter - Part I | Abe Nemon |
00:26:08 |
Play 08 | Winter - Part II | Abe Nemon |
00:38:54 |
Play 09 | A Hymn | Abe Nemon |
00:07:59 |