2. a long narrow mustache in which the ends taper and droop down to the chin. This style dates from the mid 20th century, the kind of mustache worn by the eponymous Fu Manchu, a master criminal in the novels of British writer Sax Rohmer (1883â1959).ccording to the OED, this moustache is so called because of its resemblance to the whiskers of a walrus, and is currently first recorded in writing in 1918. Not a far cry from the soup-strainer, this moustache is best left to professionals, and is most effective in a shade of grey.
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. A date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the Beowulf poet. The poem is set in Scandinavia. Be
Owen is regarded by many as the greatest poet of the First World War, known for his war poetry on the horrors of trench and gas warfare. He had been writing poetry for some years before the war, himself dating his poetic beginnings to a stay at Broxton by the Hill, when he was ten years old.ilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 â 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War.