Half Dead
Item
Title
Half Dead
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Identifier
7207.jpg
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Creator
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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Abstract
Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. At least 3 versions of this poem exist, ending at different points. Line 8's 'cloths of heaven' refers to a W.B. Yeats' poem containing the line' Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths...'. From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.
Date
1920 - 1922
Date Created
1920-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1922-12-31
Spatial Coverage
England
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Source
Notebook
Medium
Paper
Format
Pen
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller