A critical analysis of a tender poem of love and death Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was a popular poet in her lifetime, and was admired by fellow poets Ezra Pound and Thomas Hardy, among others; the latter helped to secure a Civil List pension for Mew in 1923. ‘A Quoi Bon […]
A critical reading of a beautiful poem Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was a popular poet in her lifetime, and was admired by fellow poets Ezra Pound and Thomas Hardy, among others. Most closely aligned with the ‘Georgian poets’ who flourished in the pre-WWI years in Britain, shortly before the advent of […]
A summary and analysis of Charlotte Mew’s classic poem, written by Dr Oliver Tearle Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was admired by writers as diverse as Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, and Ezra Pound. Her poem ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ was first published in The Nation in 1912 and remains one of her most […]