Crabbe's 'Peter Grimes' is part of a collection of poems collectively entitled 'The Borough', which were written between 1804 and 1810. In 'Peter Grimes', Crabbe narrates the story of a fisherman who kills his father and two of his apprenctices, and is then forced to live a solitary life stained with guilt and haunted by ghosts. Much of the guilt-ridden imagery in the poem is opium-inspired.
Source: Martin, B. (1996). Opium: A History.
| Drugs: | Opium (morphine, heroin, opioids) |
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| Regions: | UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) |
