Lear and Cordelia ("Come, let's away to prison")
- Author
- Sean Johnson
- Published
- Tue 17 Sep 2024
- Episode Link
- https://dailypoempod.substack.com/p/lear-and-cordelia-king-learact-5
Today’s poem is a passage of blank verse from Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s King Lear. In the action of the play the scene is a prelude to tragedy, but as a picture of love between father and daughter it is almost perfect. Happy reading.
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