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The Lilt of Life

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Published in 1918, Zora Cross’s book of poems, The Lilt of Life, was her third book of verse, and, like her earlier works, largely focused on her experiences of love, erotic entanglements (notably from a woman’s point of view), and motherhood. Many of the poems are written as an homage to her then-husband, David McKee Wright, whom she met while writing for The Bulletin, where Wright was her editor, causing a significant scandal in Sydney literary circles. - Summary by Elise Dee (2 hr 41 min)

Chapters

The Lilt of Life

8:56

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Man and Woman

1:10:00

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Sonnet I

1:05

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Sonnet II

1:04

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Sonnet III

1:02

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Sonnet IV

1:06

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Sonnet V

1:03

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Sonnet VI

1:02

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Sonnet VII

1:02

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Sonnet VIII

1:00

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Sonnet IX

1:03

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Sonnet X

1:04

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Sonnet XI

1:04

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Sonnet XII

1:04

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Sonnet XIII

1:07

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Sonnet XIV

1:05

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Sonnet XV

1:01

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Sonnet XVI

1:05

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Sonnet XVII

1:05

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Sonnet XVIII

1:01

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Sonnet XIX

1:01

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Sonnet XX

1:02

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Sonnet XXI

1:05

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Sonnet XXII

1:07

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Sonnet XXIII

1:06

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Sonnet XXIV

1:06

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Sonnet XXV

1:06

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Sonnet XXVI

1:04

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Sonnet XXVII

1:07

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Sonnet XXVIII

1:05

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Sonnet XXIX

1:05

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Sonnet XXX

1:10

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Sonnet XXXI

1:07

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Sonnet XXXII

1:07

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Sonnet XXXIII

1:01

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Sonnet XXXIV

1:02

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Sonnet XXXV

1:03

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Sonnet XXXVI

1:02

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Sonnet XXXVII

1:06

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Sonnet XXXVIII

1:05

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Sonnet XXXIX

1:05

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Sonnet XL

1:08

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Sonnet XLI

1:05

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Sonnet XLII

1:07

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Sonnet XLIII

1:08

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Sonnet XLIV

1:04

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Sonnet XLV

1:05

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Columbine

2:01

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Heart's Desire

1:02

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Australia in England

1:20

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Wishes

0:57

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Woman

1:44

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Gipsy-Joy

1:17

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Fairy Ride

1:20

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The Magic Fiddler

1:37

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The Land of Heart's Desire

1:44

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Sleep

1:17

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Child-Song

1:12

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Spirits of the Street

1:08

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An Early Moon

0:53

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Tinker Time

1:34

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Little Bo-Peep

1:13

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Love's Evolution

1:12

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Fragment

0:52

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Numerals

0:42

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Happy Song

0:57

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Helen in Hyde Park

2:05

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A Wedding Song

8:16

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