"Biography of the Poet·Alfred Edward Husman"
British scholar and famous poet. His lyric poetry expresses the pessimism of Romanticism in plain words. Born in a lawyer's family in Worcestershire, England, his mother died at the age of twelve, which was a heavy blow. This is undoubtedly one of the sources of pessimism in his poems. Studied at Oxford University. From 1882 to 1892, he served as a civil servant in the Patent Office; in 1892, he was appointed professor of Latin at the University of London. In 1896, Horsman published the poem "The Young Man from Shropshire" and entered the poetry world and became famous in one fell swoop. Although critics have mixed reviews of this poem, it has always occupied a prominent, even unique, position in the history of English literature. The author's second poem, "The Last Poem," came out about twenty-five years later. In the year of his death another "Sequel to the Psalms" was published. His poems are few in number, but they are short, concise, profound, and express an elusive sentiment of sadness. He once gave a lecture entitled "The Name and Characteristics of Poetry" at Cambridge University, introducing his poetry creation process, which was well received by the audience.