Wessex Poems and Other Verses

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Wessex Poems and Other Verses is Thomas Hardy’s first published collection of poetry, showcasing his early lyrical and regional verse set in his fictional Wessex.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Thomas Hardy ⓘ
containsIllustrationsBy Thomas Hardy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
fictionalSetting Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
firstEditionPublicationYear 1898 ⓘ
follows novels of Thomas Hardy ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
regional poetry ⓘ
hasFictionalRegion Hardy’s Wessex ⓘ
hasForm ballads ⓘ
dramatic monologues ⓘ
short lyrics ⓘ
hasIllustrationType frontispiece ⓘ
initial letter ⓘ
tailpiece ⓘ
hasNotablePoem Friends Beyond ⓘ
In a Eweleaze Near Weatherbury ⓘ
Neutral Tones ⓘ
She, to Him ⓘ
The Burghers ⓘ
The Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed") ⓘ
The Fire at Tranter Sweatley’s ⓘ
The Impercipient ⓘ
The Temporary the All ⓘ
hasTheme conflict between individual and society ⓘ
fate ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
pessimism ⓘ
influencedBy English rural tradition ⓘ
Romantic poetry ⓘ
isFirstPoetryCollectionOf Thomas Hardy ⓘ
isPartOfAuthorCareerPhase transition from novelist to poet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
early modernist tendencies ⓘ
numberOfPoems 51 ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1898 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. ⓘ
setting Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
subjectMatter love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
nature ⓘ
rural life in Wessex ⓘ
time and mortality ⓘ

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