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JohnMasefieldHisBriefIntroductionJohnEdwardMasefield(1June1878–12May1967)wasanEnglishpoetandwriter,and
PoetLaureateoftheUnitedKingdom
from1930untilhisdeathin1967.Heisrememberedastheauthoroftheclassicchildren'snovels
TheMidnightFolk
and
TheBoxofDelights,andpoems,including"TheEverlastingMercy"and"Sea-Fever".HisEarlyLifeMasefieldwasbornin
Ledburyin
Herefordshire.HismotherdiedgivingbirthtohissisterwhenMasefieldwasonlysix,andhewenttolivewithhisaunt.Hisfatherdiedsoonafterfollowingamentalbreakdown.
Afteranunhappyeducationatthe
King'sSchool
in
Warwick
(nowknownasWarwickSchool),wherehewasaboarderbetween1888and1891,helefttoboardthe
HMS
Conway,bothtotrainforalifeatsea,andtobreakhisaddictiontoreading,ofwhichhisauntthoughtlittle.Hespentseveralyearsaboardthisshipandfoundthathecouldspendmuchofhistimereadingandwriting.ItwasaboardtheConwaythatMasefield'sloveforstory-tellinggrew.Whileontheship,helistenedtothestoriestoldaboutsealore.Hecontinuedtoread,andfeltthathewastobecomeawriterandstorytellerhimself.HeeventuallyreturnedhometoEnglandin1897
asapassengeraboardasteamship.WhenMasefieldwas23,hemethisfuturewife,ConstanceCrommelin,whowas35.Educatedinclassicsand
EnglishLiterature,andamathematicsteacher,ConstancewasagoodmatchforMasefielddespitethedifferenceinage.Thecouplehadtwochildren(Judith,bornin1904,andLewis,in1910).Bythetimehewas24,Masefield'spoemswerebeingpublishedinperiodicalsandhisfirstcollectedworks,
Salt-WaterBallads
(1902)waspublished,thepoem"Sea-Fever"appearinginthisbook.Masefieldthenwrotethenovels,
CaptainMargaret
(1908)and
MultitudeandSolitude
(1909).In1911,afteralongdroughtofpoemwriting,hecomposed"TheEverlastingMercy",thefirstofhis
narrativepoems,andwithinthenextyear,Masefieldhadproducedtwomore,"TheWidowintheByeStreet"and"Dauber".Asaresult,Masefieldbecamewidelyknowntothepublicandwaspraisedbycritics,andin1912,hewasawardedtheannualEdmonddePolignacprize.Imustgodowntotheseasagain,tothelonelyseaandthesky,
AndallIaskisatallshipandastartosteerherby;
Andthewheel'skickandthewind'ssongandthewhitesail'sshaking,
Andagreymistonthesea'sface,andagreydawnbreaking,
Imustgodowntotheseasagain,forthecalloftherunningtide
Isawildcallandaclearcallthatmaynotbedenied;
AndallIaskisawindydaywiththewhitecloudsflyingAndtheflungsprayandtheblownspume,andthesea-gullscrying.
From"Sea-Fever",in
Salt-WaterBallads
(1902)WorldWarItoappointmentasPoetLaureate
WhenWorldWarIbegan,thougholdenoughtobeexemptedfrommilitaryservice,MasefieldjoinedthestaffofaBritishhospitalforFrenchsoldiers,
HôpitalTemporaired'Arc-en-Barrois,
Haute-Marne,France,servingbrieflyin1915asahospitalorderly,laterpublishinghisownaccountofhisexperiences.In1921,MasefieldreceivedanHonoraryDoctorateofLiteraturefromOxfordUniversity,andin1923,organizedtheOxfordRecitations,anannualcontestwhosepurposewas"todiscovergoodspeakersofverseandtoencourage‘thebeautifulspeakingofpoetry.’"TheRecitationswereseenasasuccessgiventhenumbersofcontestapplicants,thepromotionofnaturalspeechinpoeticalrecitations,andthenumberofpeoplelearninghowtolistentopoetry.Masefieldbegantoquestionhowever,whethertheRecitationsshouldcontinueasacontest,believingthattheeventshouldbecomemoreofafestival.In1929,Masefieldbrokewiththecontestconcept,andtheRecitationscametoanend.Poetrycollections
Salt-WaterBallads
(1902)
Ballads
(1903)BalladsandPoems
(1910)TheEverlastingMercy
(1911)Dauber
(1912)TheDaffodilFields
(1913)TheStoryofaRoundHouseandOtherPoems
(1915)Salt-WaterPoemsandBallads
(1916)Sonnets
(1916)PhiliptheKingandOtherPoems
(1916)LollingdonDownsandOtherPoemswithSonnets
(1917)EnslavedandOtherPoems
(1920)Rosas
(1918)SelectedPoems
(1922)KingColeandOtherPoems
(1923)TheDreamandOtherPoems
(1923)TheCollectedPoemsofJohnMasefield
(1923)Poems
(1925)MidsummerNightandOtherTalesinVerse
(1928)ALetterfromPontusandOtherVerse
(1936)TheCountryScene
(1937)SomeVersestoSomeGermans
(1939)TheBluebellsandOtherVerses
(1961)OldRaigerandOtherVerses
(1964)InGladThanksgiving
(1966)Novels
ABookofDiscoveries
(Dateunknown)ATarpaulinMuster
(1907)CaptainMargaret
(1908)MultitudeandSolitude
(1909)MartinHyde:TheDuke'sMessenger
(1910)LostEndeavour
(Nelson,1910).TheStreetofToday
(1911)JimDavis
(WellsGardner,1911).TheDream
(MacMillan,1922)IllustratedbyJudithMasefield.SardHarker
(Heinemann,1924)ODTAA
(1926)TheMidnightFolk
(1927)TheHawbucks
(1929)TheBirdofDawning
(Heinemann,1933).TheTakingoftheGry
(1934)TheBoxofDelights:orWhentheWolvesWereRunning
(1935)VictoriousTroy:orTheHarryingAngel
(1935)EggsandBaker
(1936)TheSquarePeg:orTheGunFella
(1937)DeadNed
(1938)LiveandKickingNed
(1939)Basilissa:ATaleoftheEmpressTheodora
(1940)Conquer:ATaleoftheNikaRebellioninByzantium
(1941)BadonParchments
(1947)Plays
TheCampdenWonder
(1907)TheTragedyofPompeytheGreat(1910)GoodFriday:APlayinVerse
(1916)TheTragedyofNan
(Originallyknownas
Nan)TristanandIsolt
(1927)"TheComingofChrist"(1928)HisLaterYearsAfterhisappointment,Masefieldwasawardedthe
OrderofMerit
byKingGeorgeVandmanyhonorarydegreesfromBritishuniversities,in1937beingelectedasPresidentofthe
SocietyofAuthors.MasefieldencouragedthecontinueddevelopmentofEnglishliteratureandpoetry,andbegantheannualawardingofthe
RoyalMedalsforPoetry
forafirstorsecondpublishededitionofpoetrybyapoetundertheageof35.Additionally,hisspeakingengagementswerecallinghimfurtheraway,oftenonmuchlongertours,yethestillproducedsignificantamountsofworkinawidevarietyofgenres.Tothosehehadalreadyusedhenowaddedautobiography,producing
NewChum,
IntheMill,and
SoLongtoLearn.SomecriticsjudgedMasefieldtobeanevenfinerwriterofprosethanofverse.Itwasnotuntilabouttheageof70thatMasefieldslowedhispaceduetoillness.In1960,Constancediedat93,afteralongillness.Althoughherdeathwasheartrending,hehadspentatiringyear
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