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"The Man He Killed" as it appeared in a 1910 edition of Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses "The Man He Killed" is a poem written by Thomas Hardy. Written in 1902, it was first published in Harper's Weekly, Nov. 8 1902. [1] The first book publication was in his Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses (London: Macmillan, 1909). [2]
Hardy wrote a number of significant war poems that relate to both the Boer Wars and World War I, including "Drummer Hodge", "In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'" and "The Man He Killed"; his work had a profound influence on other war poets such as Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. [54]
The collection contains poems of various dates, with almost a third of its 94 poems having been published before the book's publication. [3] A not untypical thematic stress on life's ironies is present, [4] though Hardy himself was insistent that the title phrase was a poetic image only, and not to be taken as a philosophical belief. [5]
Hardy's friend Sir George Douglas called some of the collection's poems Aeschylean, and Hardy himself considered that the 'Doom' themes in the work overlapped with those in The Dynasts. [4] However, he had been careful in the collection's Preface to disclaim any organised philosophy therein, adding that "Unadjusted impressions have their value ...
Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses is a collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1922.While covering a typical (for Hardy) range of subjects - such as mismatchings, grotesqueries, and ironic memories - the poems generally take a musical shape, often remembering the past in ballad format.
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Pages in category "Works by Thomas Hardy" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alicia's Diary; B.