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Ophelia
by Walter DE LA MARE (1873 - 1956)Ophelia - Read by KF
Ophelia, poem of the week for February 25, 2007; read here by twelve of our readers. This was published in 1920 in "Collected Poems 1901-1918" by Walter De la Mare. Ophelia loved Hamlet, was repulsed by him, and went insane. She drowned in a stream, gathering flowers of remembrance. This is one of a number of poems that De La Mare wrote about Shakespeare characters. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
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Ophelia - Read by KLH , Ophelia - Read by KRS , Ophelia - Read by KSH , Ophelia - Read by LB , Ophelia - Read by LM , Ophelia - Read by PY , Ophelia - Read by SDM , Ophelia - Read by VG