Sonnet to Vauxhall
“The English Garden.”—Mason
Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)
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Poet Thomas Hood 1799–1845
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Romantic
Subjects Cities & Urban Life, Arts & Sciences, Social Commentaries, Humor & Satire
Poetic Terms Sonnet
Biography
An editor, publisher, poet, and humorist, Thomas Hood was born in London, the son of a bookseller. After his father died in 1811, Hood worked in a countinghouse until an illness forced him to move to Dundee, Scotland, to recover with relatives. In 1818 he returned to London to work as an engraver. In 1824 Hood married Jane Reynolds and collaborated on Odes and Addresses with his brother-in-law, J.H. Reynolds. Though he was . . .
Poems by Thomas Hood
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Cities & Urban Life, Arts & Sciences, Social Commentaries, Humor & Satire
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Romantic
Poetic Terms Sonnet
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