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The poems of In Hospital are noteworthy as some of the earliest free verse written in the UK. Arguably Henley's best-remembered work is the poem "Invictus", written in 1875. It is said that this was written as a demonstration of his resilience following the amputation of his foot due to tubercular infection.
"Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses , in the section titled "Life and Death (Echoes)".
This poem marks the introduction into an English context of the classical pastoral, a mode of poetry that assumes an aristocratic audience with a certain kind of attitude to the land and peasants. The explorations of love found in the sonnets of William Shakespeare and the poetry of Walter Raleigh and others also implies a courtly audience.
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"The Road Not Taken" is one of Frost's most popular works. Yet, it is a frequently misunderstood poem, [8] often read simply as a poem that champions the idea of "following your own path". Actually, it expresses some irony regarding such an idea. [9] [10] A 2015 critique in the Paris Review by David Orr described the misunderstanding this way: [8]
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[3] [5] [6] Burnham began writing poetry in a Los Angeles café during the production of his mockumentary series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. He would spend a few hours each day writing to "clear [his] mind" and later said, "I'd let myself write about whatever I wanted to. I let every page be a completely different story, and then the poetry ...