D.H. Lawrence

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This paper examines the poet D. H. Lawrence - his upbringing, education and adult life. It takes a look at some of his famous poems and some not so famous. The writer explains why Lawrence's poems were successful and his plays less so.

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"David Herbert Lawrence was born in Eastwood, England in 1885. His father was a miner and his was mother a retired teacher. While young, Lawrence spent much of his time confined to his bed with tuberculosis. In this time he became very close to his mother. His mother was determined that he would not be a miner like his father and encouraged him to study. He won a scholarship to Nottingham High School but did not excel in school and so dropped out. It was while he was working in a surgical appliance factory that he met Jessie Chambers. Chambers tutored Lawrence and he later gained a teachers certificate and began teaching. In 1912 his mother died and the grief of this forced him to give up teaching. From this point on he took to writing "

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