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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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Thomas Hardy
containsIllustrationsBy Thomas Hardy
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
fictionalSetting Kingdom of Wessex
surface form: 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, England
surface form: London

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

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Thomas Hardy notableWork Wessex Poems and Other Verses