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Thomas has been compared to Frost and, had he survived the Great War, might be as well known. As many who wrote at the same time, he was moving into and exploring what was modernism, and did so more fully and more aptly than some. Although in the English tradition of such late romantics as Hardy, he also points the way toward Imagists and other moderns.There is beautifully done imagery but relatively sparse metaphor. There is also quite a bit of introspection. The language can be sublime; it can...
The books (Poems + Last Poems) which comprise Edward Thomas' oeuvre are a perfect starting place for someone who wishes to begin reading poetry. Many consider him a war poet, as he served with the British during WWI. The war and mortality rarely creep into his poems which are largely pastoral. I agree with many reviewers: there are not a ton of easy quotes that you can memorize to use and feel smart or merely remind yourself of some concept. Instead, his poems have emotional power in their fulln...
One of the greatest early 20th century British poets, yet mostly forgotten these days. His profound relationship with the English landscape, its pre-modern people and paths, and its cycles is evoked with almost painful lyricism. His poems about love for women and his children are perfectly crafted arrows straight to the heart.
Thomas is one of the poets of the WWI period, though his direct allusions to the war are infrequent. Instead, he writes beautifully about nature, which sometimes centers him and sometimes is a foil to his own sense of loss and insignificance.
Profoundly beautiful. I love how he describes and captures the English landscape, as well as how it evokes emotion, how he expresses pain and even melancholy. His poems to his wife and children are marvellous.
I started reading this because Robert McFarlane referenced Mr. Thomas's life and poems, and I found them interesting. The poems remind me of essays my grandmother wrote about the New England countryside, though in this case, Mr. Thomas writes about southern England. It's easy to picture the birds, flowers, and trees along his walks from his writing. The poems are very evocative of the places and people of that area.