I am for the woods against the world, But are the woods for me?
Edmund Blunden Quotes
Mastery in poetry consists largely in the instinct for not ruining or smothering or tinkering with moments of vision.
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| Birth: | 1st November, 1896 |
| Death: | 20th January, 1974 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Author, Poet |
About
Edmund Charles Blunden was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford.
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