The Deserted Village
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title:
The Deserted Village
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The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth. The poem is written in heroic couplets, and describes the decline of a village and the emigration of many of its residents to America. In the poem, Goldsmith criticises rural depopulation, the moral corruption found in towns, consumerism, enclosure, landscape gardening, avarice, and the pursuit of wealth from international t
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1770 poem by Oliver Goldsmith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deserted_Village
date created:
2004-03-13T12:39:13Z
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2024-08-27T08:01:44Z
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