Philip Bourke Marston

LitCharts guides for works by Philip Bourke Marston

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Philip Bourke Marston. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Philip Bourke Marston's poetry.

After

The Victorian poet Philip Bourke Marston wrote "After" in response to the death of his fiancée, Mary Nesbit, from tuberculosis. The poem reflects Marston's immense grief over a love that ended too ... view guide