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Break of Day in the Trenches

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AuthorRosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
TitleBreak of Day in the Trenches
NotesSecond Typescript made by Annie Rosenberg, possibly in June, and worked into later by Isaac with line 8 cancelled in pencil, and lines 20-2 cancelled and replaced with the 5 lines used in the copy-text. Below the poem Isaac Rosenberg has written 'A. R.' in pencil, and Annie Rosenberg has written 'Isaac Rosenberg. / June 1916.' On the reverse 'C' and 'From S. Schiff' are written in pencil, not in Isaac Rosenberg's hand.
Item DateJune 1916 - July 1916
Creation placeFrance
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumTypescript
ContentPoem
Item height240
Item width200
Collection IDIR/I/238
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_238.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/1469