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His poems reflect his love for his native rural countryside, tinged with loss arising from the war. From his frequent use of a blackbird motif, he was known as the «Poet of the Blackbird.»
Of him, the poet John Drinkwater wrote: «His poetry exults me, while not so his death… to those who know what poetry is, the untimely death of a man like Ledwidge is nothing but calamity.» — Summary by Nemo
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