Edward Thomas ranks alongside Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, and Rupert Brooke as one of the best poets of the World Wars. Over the few years of his life, he composed more than 150 poems, many of which are read in schools and loved to this day. Read more about Edward Thomas.
Some of the most famous poems from Thomas include ‘The Owl‘, ‘The Dark Forest,’ ‘Haymaking,’ and the ‘The Sign-Post.’
‘Up in the Wind’ captures a public house history with the nature surrounding it, and how it impacts others.
I could wring the old thing's neck that put it there!
A public-house! it may be public for birds,
Squirrels and suchlike, ghosts of charcoal-burners
Adlestrop is based on a very specific and short event in the poet’s life. It describes an occasion when he
‘As the Team’s Head Brass’ by Edward Thomas is a narrative poem that was written in 1916. It is a
‘Aspens’ by Edward Thomas is a six stanza poem that is separated into sets of four lines, or quatrains. The
All day and night, save winter, every weather,
Above the inn, the smithy, and the shop,
The aspens at the cross-roads talk together
Of rain, until their last leaves fall from the top.
‘Beauty’ by Edward Thomas is an eighteen line poem that is contained within one block of text. The lines follow
Within ‘Haymaking’ Edward Thomas depicts the English countryside, one of his favorite images. He speaks on themes of time, and the power
Home by Edward Thomas is an ode to the place he feels most comfortable in the world – home. It
Despite the wide array of themes and ideas present in his tragically small body of work, many view Edward Thomas
In ‘Lights Out’ by Edward Thomas was first published in 1917. It explores themes of sleep, death, and the unknown.
Within ‘Man and Dog’ Edward Thomas explores themes of travel, memory, and companionships. The main speaker of this text, while
‘May the Twenty-third’ by Edward Thomas is a three-stanza poem that is separated into one set of ten lines, one
‘Old Man’ by Edward Thomas is a thoughtful piece about the loss of memory and a disconnect to one’s past.
‘Rain’ by Edward Thomas was written in 1916 while Thomas was in the trenches, serving in World War I. The
Edward Thomas’s ‘Tall Nettles’ asks readers to see as much beauty in the world as possible, even where one doesn’t expect to find it.
In ‘The Chalk Pit’ Thomas explores themes of mystery, story-telling, and the past. The tone is contemplative and calm throughout
‘The Dark Forest’ is a multi-layered poem that uses an extended metaphor to depict life and death. Forests are familiar
‘The Glory’ by Edward Thomas is a thirty-four line poem that is contained within one block of text. The lines
‘The Gypsy’ by Edward Thomas is a twenty-eight line poem that is contained within one block of text. The lines
‘The New Year’ by Edward Thomas is a twenty line poem that is contained within one block of text. Thomas
‘The Owl’ by Edward Thomas is a four stanza poem that is divided into sets of four lines, known as
‘The Sign-Post’ by Edward Thomas contains a discussion within a speaker’s mind about the progression of time and the nature of Heaven.
‘The Sorrow of True Love’ by Edward Thomas is a one-stanza work with a rhyme scheme that pairs successional lines and is one that uses fanciful language.
‘The Thrush’ is one of Thomas’s lesser-known poems, but it is well worth reading all the same. Within it, Thomas