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Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Aldous Huxley
Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems is his third compilation of poetry. The volume begins with "The Defeat of Youth", a sequence of twenty-two sonnets that explores irreconcilability of the ideal and the disappointing reality. Jerome Meckier called it “the century’s most successful sonnet sequence, better than Auden’s or Edna St. Vincent Millay’s.” In the rest of the volume, Huxley continues to explore themes started in The Burning Wheel, his first volume of poetry, including vi...
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Crapulous Impression 05.12.2025 1:59
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The Life Theoretic 04.12.2025 1:05
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Complaint of a Poet Manqué 03.12.2025 1:26
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Social Amenities 02.12.2025 0:54
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Topiary 01.12.2025 1:09
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On the Bus 30.11.2025 0:58
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Points and Lines 29.11.2025 0:54
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Panic 28.11.2025 0:52
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Return from Business 27.11.2025 0:38
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Stanzas 26.11.2025 1:57
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Poem 25.11.2025 1:50
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Scenes of the Mind 24.11.2025 2:54
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L'Après-Midi D'un Faune 23.11.2025 7:09
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