Dirge in Woods
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Poet George Meredith 1828–1909
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Death, Trees & Flowers, Living, Time & Brevity, Nature, Landscapes & Pastorals
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
Biography
George Meredith was a major Victorian novelist whose career developed in conjunction with an era of great change in English literature during the second half of the nineteenth century. While his early novels largely conformed to Victorian literary conventions, his later novels demonstrated a concern with character psychology, modern social problems, and the development of the novel form that has led to his being considered an . . .
Poems by George Meredith
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SUBJECT Death, Trees & Flowers, Living, Time & Brevity, Nature, Landscapes & Pastorals
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
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