At one time, poets read or recited their poetry with enthusiasm and conviction, putting passion into every syllable while performing verse. Only in the past few hundred years have we lost this sound as we have learned to read poetry in monotone and pause at commas and the ends of lines. Unheard Melodies is an ongoing series that reconnects audiences with Romantic poetry through a one-of-a-kind cinematic and auditory experience.

Join Professor Stuart Arkovitz as he journeys to recapture the greatest hits of Romanticism. With powerful musical scores and extensive footage of landscapes and elemental forces shot across the United States, this documentary series directed by Chris Ranker meditates on nature and life itself, aiming to illustrate high art that has kept thinkers on edge since the poetry was first scribed in the early nineteenth century.