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Poems of rural life

Poems of rural life1893

in the Dorset dialect

William Barnes

About this book

Beautiful poems in the Dorset dialect. Quite comprehensible but containing a number of words which might not be understood outside Dorset. Barnes inspired Thomas Hardy to a large extent.

Details

First published
1893
OL Work ID
OL36117W

Subjects

Country lifeDialect poetry, EnglishEnglish Dialect poetryPoetryDialectsEnglish languageDictionariesLanguagesTexts

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