narrative poetry · 1898
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Oscar Wilde
poem by Oscar Wilde, published in 1898
- 1898
- narrative poetry
- long poem
Summary
"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from HM Prison Reading on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison.
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