A worm fed on the heart of Corinth
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| Author | Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918) |
|---|---|
| Title | A worm fed on the heart of Corinth |
| Notes | Pencil draft with pencil alterations, also with 6 extra canceled lines and 8 canceled alternative lines to lines 8-10. On a sheet of Y. M. C. A. paper, the printed address almost torn off. Contains, on the back, pencil notes relating to an altercation with a railway Company about an alleged non-payment of fares. Corinth, along with Babylon and Rome, were cities which fell partly due to inner corruption. Corinth was associated with loose living. |
| Item Date | May 1916 - June 1916? |
| Creation place | England or France |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem |
| Item height | 200 |
| Item width | 160 |
| Repository name | Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents |
| Repository address | Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum/The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1699 |
