Letter: To Edward Marsh / It's a Queer Time

Item

Title

Letter: To Edward Marsh / It's a Queer Time

Identifier

3114.cpd

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Abstract

Offers Edward Marsh consolations over the death of his friend the poet Rupert Brooke / describes sleeping through a barrage but being awoken by a lark / includes the poem 'It's a Queer Time' / objections to new attachment system in the army, which has separated Robert Graves from his original battalion / apologises for the quality of the poetry and having sent it to Marsh / tells Marsh that he will be moving up the trenches closer to the German lines shortly.

Date

22nd May 1915

Date Created

1915-05-22

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter

number of pages

2

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive