麻豆约拍

Poet Daljit Nagra explores the 麻豆约拍's poetry archive and selects Adventures in Poetry - Casabianca by Felicia Hemans - the poem which is best known for its first line: - "The boy stood on the burning deck....".

This poem was written about a true episode that happened during the Battle of the Nile in the Napoleonic wars by a poet who in her time was as popular as Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron.

Peggy Reynolds talks to critics, a world-famous yachtsman, a naval historian and trainee officers about its impact.

Producer - Sara Davies

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 2004.