51420: The Cruel Moon / Finland

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posted on 2024-04-05, 13:46 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

On 'Finland' Graves wrote 'It was mad in a poetry game I played with Sassons (Sassoon) once on that set subject. He wrote an extremely decorative sonnet which though most admirably tooled & finished had not the true spiritual feeling of my nonsense' (Graves to Marsh, 12 July 1917).

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Subject

Allied Forces | Somme | Western Front

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Date

Unknown

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Poem

Contributor

Everett Sharp

Rights

The Poetry Collection, The University at Buffalo / The Robert Graves Copyright Trust

Collection ID

The Robert Graves Collection: MS 141 Box 85

Repository Name

University Archives, University at Buffalo

Repository Address

University Archives, University at Buffalo, 420 Cappen Hall, Buffalo, New York State, 14260-1674, USA

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems Allied Forces Somme Western Front

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