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Literature

A Short Analysis of John Clare’s ‘Emmonsail’s Heath in Winter’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Emmonsail’s Heath in Winter’ is one of John Clare’s most admired poems, its subject being – as the title makes clear – a heath during the wintry season when its ‘withered brake / Mingle its crimpled leaves with furze and ling’. Before we offer […]