10.5287/bodleian6ndu.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford
Letter: To Marion Scott.
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
1917-01-17
2011-11-30 23:30:09.009412
Dataset
ww1-6706
Leaf
2
http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid%3A1d00eebb-8fed-46ad-8e38-45dbdb4b224c
Discusses poems, particularly 'Scots', sent in a previous letter / informs Marion Scott that one letter she sent has gone missing / discusses titles for poems / asks for Scott's opinion of 'In Flanders' and 'Communion' / alludes to a collected volume / W.B. Yeats' poetry / war's progress / returning to battalion (or battle?) / asks Scott's opinion of a new poem, 'Framilode' / includes 'Framilode the Queen' / optimism in the English newspapers / a new song at the front entitled 'Victory' / a sense of weariness and waiting over potential peace negotiations / includes 'The Estaminet'.