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Break of Day in the Trenches

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AuthorRosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
TitleBreak of Day in the Trenches
NotesFirst Typescript. Contains lines 1-8 of version published first in Harriet Monroe's 'Poetry' in Dec. 1916, one unused line, 9-19, three different lines in place of 20-4, 25-6. The handwritten notation in the lower right corner is by Annie Rosenberg. There are ink corrections to punctuation and typing errors in the handwriting of Gordon Bottomley.
Item DateJune 1916
Creation placeFrance
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumTypescript
ContentPoem
Item height240
Item width200
Collection IDIR/I/237
Repository nameImperial War Museum, Department of Documents
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller
FilenameIRIWM_1_237.jpg
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum/The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1468