Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. ... Against Modernism it was said that it produced chaotic and difficult writing, that it moved beyond the capacity of many readers and became elitist. ... What is significant is that both kinds of writing could flourish at the same time. ... The language mix reflects a sense that there is no longer a fixed language of poetry just as there is no longer one English. ... In 1898 he published his Wessex Poems, verse that he had written over the previous thirty years. ...

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It was probably the sincerity of his personality that prevented him from being dull. ... He was possessed of a devil, but you could not say that it was a devil of evil, for it was a primitive force that existed before good and ill. (109) A man so entirely indifferent to his surroundings. (110) That was in his character. ... It was an obsession so complete that there was no room in his soul for prudence or gratitude. (151) 'I don't want love. ... They want to persuade us that it's the whole of life. ... That's normal and healthy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School