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The Fates

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AuthorOwen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
TitleThe Fates
NotesWritten on 30 June-1 July 1917. This draft is dated 2 June 1917, most likely in error. Another draft of the poem, also mistakenly dated 2 June 1917, is included in a 1 July 1917 letter to Leslie Guston. This is no. 83 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
Item Date30th June 1917 - 1st July 1917
Creation placeCraiglockhart, Scotland (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentPoem
Item height226
Item width178
Collection IDADD 43721: Poems of Wilfred Owenf.53
Repository nameThe British Library
Repository address
Manuscript Collections
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.bl.uk/
CataloguerJennifer Dunn
FilenameWOBL53A.JPG
CopyrightThe British Library / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/4646