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Poetry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .

Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:

"Notebook Lady`s Album" of George Crabbe., 1826.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42078
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 297 (London : Mansell, 1986), which includes a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1826.

`Notebook N` of George Crabbe., 1814-1816.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42072
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 294 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1814-1816.

"Notebook O No. 4" of George Crabbe., 1822.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42076
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 296 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1822.

Notebook of a mid-19th century Lady containing knitting and crochet patterns, and Gaelic poetry.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14899
Scope and Contents The notebook, watermarked 1833, is anonymously written from both ends. End ‘A’, paginated 1-121, consists of knitting and crochet patterns based on Gaugain, ‘The knitter’s friend’. Includes ‘The McDonald pattern’ (page 113). End ‘B’ is paginated 1-63, but pages 9-34 have been cut out. Pages 1-55 are in the same hand as end ‘A’, and are catalogued below. Pages 56-63 are in a later hand and contain knitting patterns and recipes.The contents are as follows....
Dates: Mid 19th century.

Notebook of Alastair Reid containing drafts of translations of poems in Pablo Neruda's ‘Memorial de Isla Negra'., 1977-1980.

 Item
Identifier: MS.27453
Scope and Contents

Two poems, 'Friendly Song' (folio 51) and 'Three in the house writing' (folio 64) do not appear to be by Pablo Neruda.

Dates: 1977-1980.

Notebook of Canon Andrew John Young containing topographical notes and poetry., [After 1955.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.19745
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains notes made after 1955 on English topography (page 1) and poetry (page 280). Also included are drafts of the essay 'Poly-olbion' published in ‘The poet and the landscape’, 1962, pages 38-43 (page 296).

Dates: [After 1955.]