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* {{Pirates}}: The subject of several of his poemspoems.
* SuicidalLemmings: They appear in his poem "The Lemmings".
-->Once in a hundred years the Lemmings come\\
Westward, in search of food, over the snow;\\
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Westward, till all are drowned, those Lemmings go.
* SuicidalLemmings: They appear in his poem "The Lemmings".
-->Once in a hundred years the Lemmings come\\
Westward, in search of food, over the snow;\\
Westward until the salt sea drowns them dumb;\\
Westward, till all are drowned, those Lemmings go.
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John Masefield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OM]] (1878 – 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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John Masefield Edward Masefield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OM]] (1878 (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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* 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.
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* TheManTheyCouldntHang: the titular character in ''Dead Ned'' / ''Live and Kicking Ned''.
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* TheManTheyCouldntHang: the titular character in The protagonist of ''Dead Ned'' / and ''Live and Kicking Ned''.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.
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John Masefield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OM]] (1878 – 1967) was an English poet and novelist, known for the prominence of seafaring themes in his work. (He 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.) seasickness. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death.
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John Masefield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OM]] (1878 – 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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As a novelist, he is probably most widely known for his children's fantasy novels, ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''The Box of Delights''. ''The Box of Delights'' was adapted into [[Series/TheBoxOfDelights a six-part TV miniseries]].
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As a novelist, he is probably most widely known for his children's fantasy novels, ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''The Box of Delights''.''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights''. ''The Box of Delights'' was adapted into [[Series/TheBoxOfDelights a six-part TV miniseries]].
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* ExpositionOfImmortality: ''The Box of Delights'' had Ramon Lully, aka Cole Hawlings, 14th century philosopher posing as a 1930s children's entertainer. His reveal comes courtesy of the villain, Abner Brown, who's been in pursuit of him for some time and shows his henchmen a book with pictures of Lully when he was alive which look remarkably like Hawlings.
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* {{Tomboy}}: Maria in ''The Box of Delights''
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* DressingAsTheEnemy: A key part of the plot in ''The Taking of the Gry''.
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* 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.
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* LatinLand: Santa Barbara, briefly mentioned in ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'', and shown in more detail in his adult novels ''Literature/SardHarker'', ''ODTAA'', and ''The Taking of the Gry''.
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John Masefield (1878 – 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.
His best-known poem is indubitably "Sea-Fever", which begins:
-->I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,\\
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
As a novelist, he is probably most widely known for his children's fantasy novels, ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''The Box of Delights''. ''The Box of Delights'' was adapted into [[Series/TheBoxOfDelights a six-part TV miniseries]].
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!!Works by John Masefield with their own trope page include:
* ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk''
!!John Masefield's other works provide examples of:
* AllJustADream: One of his best-known novels ends this way.
* LatinLand: Santa Barbara, briefly mentioned in ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'', and shown in more detail in his adult novels ''Sard Harker'', ''ODTAA'', and ''The Taking of the Gry''.
* {{Pirates}}: The subject of several of his poems
* {{Tomboy}}: Maria in ''The Box of Delights''
* WalkThePlank: In "A Ballad of John Silver"
* TheWildHunt: In the poem "The Hounds of Hell"
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His best-known poem is indubitably "Sea-Fever", which begins:
-->I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,\\
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
As a novelist, he is probably most widely known for his children's fantasy novels, ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''The Box of Delights''. ''The Box of Delights'' was adapted into [[Series/TheBoxOfDelights a six-part TV miniseries]].
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!!Works by John Masefield with their own trope page include:
* ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk''
!!John Masefield's other works provide examples of:
* AllJustADream: One of his best-known novels ends this way.
* LatinLand: Santa Barbara, briefly mentioned in ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'', and shown in more detail in his adult novels ''Sard Harker'', ''ODTAA'', and ''The Taking of the Gry''.
* {{Pirates}}: The subject of several of his poems
* {{Tomboy}}: Maria in ''The Box of Delights''
* WalkThePlank: In "A Ballad of John Silver"
* TheWildHunt: In the poem "The Hounds of Hell"
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