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1	John Edward Masefield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OM]] (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and novelist, known for the prominence of seafaring themes in his work. He went to sea as a boy, but gave it up before he was twenty; according to one account because he was ironically a martyr to seasickness. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death.
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3	His best-known poem is indubitably "Sea-Fever", which begins:
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5	-->I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,\
6	And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
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8	As a novelist, he is probably most widely known for his children's fantasy novels, ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights''. ''The Box of Delights'' was adapted into [[Series/TheBoxOfDelights a six-part TV miniseries]].
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10	!!Works by John Masefield with their own trope page include:
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12	* ''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights''
13	* ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk''
14	* ''Literature/{{Odtaa}}''
15	* ''Literature/SardHarker''
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17	!!John Masefield's other works provide examples of:
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19	* AllJustADream: One of his best-known novels ends this way.
20	* DirectLineToTheAuthor: Several of his novels imply that their events actually happened. Some (including ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''Literature/{{Odtaa}}'') include references to the author being personally acquainted with their protagonists.
21	* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Dead Ned'' is about the life and near-death of a man named Ned, but "Dead Ned" is also the name of a geographical feature that plays a key role in the plot.
22	* DressingAsTheEnemy: A key part of the plot in ''The Taking of the Gry''.
23	* TheManTheyCouldntHang: The protagonist of ''Dead Ned'' and ''Live and Kicking Ned'' is convicted of a murder he didn't commit and hanged, but he narrowly survives the experience and goes into hiding until he can clear his name.
24	* LatinLand: Santa Barbara, briefly mentioned in ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'', and shown in more detail in his adult novels ''Literature/SardHarker'', ''Literature/{{Odtaa}}'', and ''The Taking of the Gry''.
25	* {{Pirates}}: The subject of several of his poems.
26	* SuicidalLemmings: They appear in his poem "The Lemmings".
27	-->Once in a hundred years the Lemmings come\
28	Westward, in search of food, over the snow;\
29	Westward until the salt sea drowns them dumb;\
30	Westward, till all are drowned, those Lemmings go.
31	* WalkThePlank: In "A Ballad of John Silver"
32	* TheWildHunt: In the poem "The Hounds of Hell"

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