Badger (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Clare
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Dogs, Nature, Hunting or hunters, Animals, Badgers
The Poem
“Badger” is written in heroic couplets, its sixty-eight lines divided into five sonnet-length stanzas. Since the copy-text of “Badger” is untitled, some editors have chosen to call it “Badger” and others “[The Badger]”; it has been anthologized in both five- and three-stanza versions. The following description of the poem refers to the five-stanza “Badger.”
The first stanza of the poem gives the reader a general sense of the badger’s appearance and activities. An awkward and unattractive animal, the badger does not live in harmony with...
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