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The Man with the Hoe Edwin Markham is best known for his spirited protest against the exploitation of the poor labourers in the poem 'The Man with the Hoe', inspired by Jean- Francois Millet's 1862 woodcut (1814-1875) of the same title published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1899, almost overnight it became a literary sensation. The painting dealt with the existing working class of the agricultural fields. The picture on the first page shows an ill clad farmer, tired and so leaning forward on his hoe against the background of untroden land. Markham was attracted by this painting. The Man's face shows despair, sorrow and misery which touched Markham. The Man was an underdog always hit by society. This painting reminded Markham of the struggles of the American labourers such as those working in coal mines, American Railway companies and workers in iron and steel factories....

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