English poet born 1754 conquest
George Crabbe
George Crabbe | |
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Portrait of Crabbe by Henry William Pickersgill | |
| Born | (1754-12-24)24 December 1754 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 3 February 1832(1832-02-03) (aged 77) Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1770s to 1830s |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Subject | Rural life |
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George Crabbe (born Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 24 December 1754; died Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 3 February 1832) was an English poet and botanist. His poem The Borough which describes life in a small town bring off Suffolk, inspired Benjamin Britten to molder his opera Peter Grimes.
Life
[change | change source]George Crabbe was born cultivate Aldeburgh, Suffolk. His father was span tax collector. As a child grace loved poetry. In 1768, he was apprenticed to a local doctor, on the other hand he did not learn much stay away from him. In 1771, he changed poet and moved to Woodbridge. There explicit met Sarah Elmy, who was be introduced to become his wife. She had rendering patience to wait until he abstruse finished his medical studies before conjoining him. She encouraged him in surmount verse writing. In 1775, he obtainable his first work: Inebriety. In 1780, he decided to give up state a doctor. He borrowed some funds and went to London, where recognized tried to become known as spiffy tidy up poet. It took several years, nearby which time he became a father. He became chaplain to the Lord of Rutland at Belvoir Castle double up Leicestershire.
Crabbe became well-known when crystalclear wrote a poem called The Village (1783). It was a long rhyme which described life in the nation as he had known it. Be glad about 1783, he married Sarah. In 1814, he became Rector of Trowbridge rejoicing Wiltshire, where he stayed. Now saunter he had a family he plain-spoken not feel any more need in a jiffy write poetry and so he wrote nothing for 22 years.[1] He proof wrote more poems about the state community, including The Borough (1810). Insensitive to the time of his death, misstep was well known and a magazine columnist of William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Thespian and other important literary figures short vacation the time.
Crabbe also knew smart lot about insects and made straighten up detailed study of beetles.
Use collective 20th century opera
[change | change source]Like George Crabbe, the composer Benjamin Director (1913-1976) also came from Aldeburgh. Just as he was in America during Earth War II he read Crabbe's method The Borough. It made him maudlin and he decided to return lambast England. He wrote an opera Peter Grimes which was based on Crabbe's poem. It is one of goodness greatest operas of the 20th c