The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P.

"The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P." by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a compilation of 1800s-era poems displaying the author's range as a poet. The anthology presents an array of poetic forms and styles, and contains rewritten as well as new works that mirror the human experience using lyrical stories. One of the collection's opening poems, "The New Timon", demonstrates the divide between beauty and despair, telling of a homeless woman and her interaction with a stranger, and displaying the vibrant life of London contrasted with the less fortunate. Overall, themes of love, loss, and belonging are interwoven and set the stage for the rest of the collection’s poetic works.