Description: [EDWIN MARKHAM, POETRY, SIGNED]MARKHAM, Edwin (Author) "THE MAN WITH THE HOE" 1929. Printed single sheet folded at center. Double hole punch at top margin. Inscribed, dated and signed by Markham. Overall, very good or better. _____________________The Man with the Hoe is a poem by the American poet Edwin Markham, inspired by Jean-François Millet's painting L'homme à la houe, a painting interpreted as a socialist protest about the peasant's plight.The poem was first presented as a public poetry reading at a New Year's Eve party in 1898. It was soon published in the San Francisco Examiner in January 1899 after its editor heard it at the same party. The poem was also reprinted in other newspapers across the United States due to a chorus of acclaim. It was used as the opening poem in Markham's 1902 collection The Man with a Hoe and Other Poems. The poem portrays the labor of much of humanity using the symbolism of a laborer leaning upon his hoe, burdened by his work, but receiving little rest or reward. Please email any questions -
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