Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas was an English poet and essayist of the early twentieth century, known for his contemplative nature poetry and his poignant verse on the First World War. His work often reflects a deep sensitivity to the English landscape and the melancholy of transience. Biografie ↓Mehr ↓

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Edward Thomas

The Penny Whistle

THE new moon hangs like an ivory bugle In the naked frosty blue; And the ghylls of the forest, already blackened By Winter, are blackened anew. The brooks that cut up and increase the forest, As if they had never known The sun, are roaring with black hollow voices Betwixt rage and a moan. But still the caravan-hut by the hollies Like a kingfisher gleams between: Round the mossed old hearths of the charcoal-burners First primroses ask to be seen. The charcoal-burners are black, but their linen Blows white on the line; And white the letter the girl is reading Under that crescent fine;

Edward Thomas

The Unknown

SHE is most fair, And when they see her pass The poets' ladies Look no more in the glass But after her. On a bleak moor Running under the moon She lures a poet, Once proud or happy, soon Far from his door. Beside a train, Because they saw her go, Or failed to see her, Travellers and watchers know Another pain. The simple lack

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Edward Thomas was an English writer of the early twentieth century, known primarily for his poetry, though he also produced criticism, essays, and a novel. Born in London in 1878, he worked as a journalist and reviewer before turning to poetry in 1914, encouraged by his friend Robert Frost. His poems frequently explore the English countryside, rural life, and the passage of time, employing plain language and traditional forms. The outbreak of the First World War introduced themes of loss, change, and the fragility of home. He enlisted in 1915 and wrote some of his most memorable war poems while serving, but did not see his only collection, “Poems,” published during his lifetime; it appeared posthumously in 1917. He was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917. Thomas is often regarded as one of the finest poets of the war, though his work transcends that category, capturing enduring tensions between nature and human experience.

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