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The Dark Forest

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AuthorThomas, Edward (1878-1917)
TitleThe Dark Forest
NotesThe final stanza probably reflects Edward Thomas' feelings after visiting his parents in London. Soon afterwards his mother had an eye operation. Written at a firing camp in Wiltshire to which Thomas had been moved. The manuscript is untitled and is labeled 'Dark is the forest and deep, and overhead' in Thomas 'Edward Thomas Collected Poems' and 'The Dark Forest by Longley 'Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems'.
Item DateOctober 1916
Creation placeTrowbridge, England (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPen
ContentPoem
Collection IDThe Edward Thomas Collection: 41
Repository nameCardiff University Library Archive
Repository address
Information Services, Cardiff University
P.O. Box 430
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.cf.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/index.html
CataloguerAlisa Miller
FilenameETCAR_41_131.jpg
CopyrightCardiff University Library Archive / The Edward Thomas Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/2199