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William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, who spent much of his life as a tramp or hobo in the United Kingdom and the United States, yet became one of the most popular poets of his time.
In his poems, grounded in realism, Davies often engaged themes of hardship, the natural world, and city life. His 20 collections of poetry include The Soul’s Destroyer and Other Poems (1905), Nature...
Há 3 dias · William Henry Davies (born July 3, 1871, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales—died Sept. 26, 1940, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, Eng.) was an English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the poetry of most of his Georgian contemporaries.
DAVIES, WILLIAM HENRY (1871 - 1940), poet and author. Born 3 July 1871 at Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouth; son of Mary Ann and Francis Boase Davies, iron-moulder. He received an elementary education and, at school, became interested in poetry.
William H. Davies was a Welsh poet and prose writer who achieved literary recognition relatively late in life. He is best known for his nature poetry and for the autobiographical prose work The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp.
27 de jul. de 2009 · Tramp poet WH Davies became one of the most popular poets of his day, and is still fondly remembered for classic poems such as Leisure and his memoir, Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. William...
Biography. The Welsh poet William Henry Davies wrote the poem ‘Leisure’, which famously begins:‘What is this life if, full of care,/We have no time to stand and stare.’. The poem’s theme is reflected in Davies’s own outdoor life, which was unconventional.
