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Poet |
Period |
Minor curiosity |
Example of work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | 1812 - 88 | The twentieth of twenty one children | The Owl and the Pussy Cat |
| Lewis Carroll | 1832 - 98 | Also a lecturer in Mathematics | You Are Old, Father William |
| Rudyard Kipling | 1865 - 1936 | Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature | Mandalay |
| William Henry Davies | 1871 - 1940 | Lived as a tramp until he lost his leg | Leisure |
| Wilfred Owen | 1893 - 1918 | Died in battle one week before the end of the Great War aged 25 | Dulce Et Decorum Est |
| John Betjeman | 1906 - 84 | Poet Laureate | Executive |
| Dylan Thomas | 1914 - 53 | Died aged 39 of an alcohol related illness | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night |
| Philip Larkin | 1922 - 85 | Also a jazz critic | This Be The Verse |
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