When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life.
John Drinkwater Quotes
A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being.
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| Birth: | 1st June, 1882 |
| Death: | 25th March, 1937 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Playwright, Poet |
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John Drinkwater was born in Leytonstone, England. He was an English poet and playwright. He was a successful promoter of repertory theatre in England and the author of popular chronicle dramas. He published several volumes of verse, critical studies, and several historical plays, of which Abraham Lincoln was produced with great success both in London and in the U.S. He wrote several poems include: A Town Window, Of Greatham, We Willed It Not, Deer, The Carver In Stone, Mamble, and The Fires Of God.
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