Sketches Of The Poetical Literature Of The Past Half-Century is a book written by David M. Moir and published in 1856. The book is a compilation of essays and critiques on the poetry of the past fifty years, covering the period from 1800 to 1850. Moir, a Scottish physician and poet, provides a detailed analysis of the works of notable poets such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Robert...