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Poet William Ernest Henley 1849–1903
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Living, Time & Brevity, Religion, Faith & Doubt, Social Commentaries
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
Biography
Born in Gloucester, England, poet, editor, and critic William Ernest Henley was educated at Crypt Grammar School, where he studied with the poet T.E. Brown, and the University of St. Andrews. His father was a struggling bookseller who died when Henley was a teenager. At age 12 Henley was diagnosed with tubercular arthritis that necessitated the amputation of one of his legs just below the knee; the other foot was saved only . . .
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SUBJECT Living, Time & Brevity, Religion, Faith & Doubt, Social Commentaries
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
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