The Crown's Final Poems

As an epic six-season series comes to an end, a few more British poets make their voices heard. What, exactly, do they have to say about monarchy?

Olivia Coleman, Imelda Staunton, and Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in the final episode of Netflix’s The Crown

They won’t let me rest! is what I wailed to my husband as I watched the final episodes of The Crown’s sixth and final season. I wondered aloud whether the final season would offer as much poetry as the previous five seasons had, and quite fittingly there has been more poetry to consider. It’s keeping me busy, to be sure!

The final six episodes of Netflix’s fascinating series offered not one but two additional poems to consider, both involving well-known British poets. Read on to learn more about the poems, the poets, and who gets to recite their words in these final episodes.