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Charlotte Mew

A poet Hardy called the best woman poet of her day. The Farmer's Bride is in a farmer's voice.

Lord ByronPercy Bysshe ShelleyRobert BrowningElizabeth Barrett BrowningThomas HardyCharlotte MewC. Day-LewisCharles CausleySeamus HeaneySimon ArmitageCarol Ann DuffyOwen SheersMaura DooleyDaljit NagraAndrew Waterhouse

The quotes

3 quotes by or about Charlotte Mew, in the order they happen.

Too young maybe—but more's to do At harvest-time than bide and woo

Mew · The Farmer's Bride · control · romantic love

The farmer married a girl too young and had no time to be kind. He says so himself.

We chased her, flying like a hare

Mew · The Farmer's Bride · control

She ran away. They hunted her like an animal and locked her up.

The brown of her—her eyes, her hair, her hair!

Mew · The Farmer's Bride · control · romantic love

The last line. He wants her and cannot have her. The words break down.

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