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The most impressive poems John Masefield wrote, Salt-Water Ballads, are devoted to the sea. This is hardly a surprise, as Masefield spent several years of his life aboard ship. In his long narrative poems (The Everlasting Mercy, for instance) he dared to use colloquial expressions, which could hardly be found in English poetry before. Also, he is known for his contribution to First World War.
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John Masefield. John Masefield was born in Ledbury in 1878. At the age of sixteen Masefield entered the merchant navy. A year later, after completing a Atlantic voyage, he deserted ship and became a vagrant in America. Masefield returned to England in 1897 where he found work as a journalist. For a while he worked under Charles Masterman, the literary editor of the Daily Chronicle. Masefield's.
John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate. Sitter in 36 portraits Poet Laureate (from 1930). His first book of poetry, Salt-Water Ballads (1902) includes one of his best known poems, 'Sea Fever', later set to music by John Ireland.He was also the author of naval histories, plays, criticism and children's books, including The Midnight Folk (1927) and The Box of Delights (1933).
Written by British Poet Laureate John Masefield in 1905, this lyrical tribute to sailors in the Age of Sail captures the grim reality of life at sea. In the clear, muscular English that made him famous, Masefield breathes life into the misery and barbarity that served as a foundation for naval glory. He brilliantly tells the story of the ships of Nelson's Navy, and especially of the sailors.
About John Masefield Read the best poems of John Masefield. He was a popular english poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including The Everlasting Mercy and Sea-Fever.
John Masefield was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, the son of a solicitor. His mother died in childbirth and he went to live with his aunt. His father died soon afterwards. He was educated at the King’s School, Warwick (now Warwick School) as a boarder but left at the age of 13 to go to sea. He sailed on HMS Conway for three years, later on the Gilcruix to Chile, and on a windjammer to New.