text_original: Crabbe might well be described in the words which a later singer set out for his own epitaph, as "the poet of the poor." Crabbe pictured the struggles, the sufferings, the occasional gleams of happiness which are common to the lives of the poor with a realism as vigorous and as vivid as the prose of Charles Dickens himself could show, and he had touches here and there of exquisitely tender poetic feeling which were not unworthy of Keats or Wordsworth.
text_transcription: CRAB MIGHT WELL BE DESCRIBED IN THE WORDS WHICH A LATER SINGER SET OUT FOR HIS OWN EPITAPH AS THE POET OF THE POOR CRABB PICTURED THE STRUGGLES THE SUFFERINGS THE OCCASIONAL GLEAMS OF HAPPINESS WHICH ARE COMMON TO THE LIVES OF THE POOR WITH A REALISM AS VIGOROUS AND AS VIVID AS THE PROSE OF CHARLES DICKENS HIMSELF COULD SHOW AND HE HAD TOUCHES HERE AND THERE OF EXQUISITE TENDER POETIC FEELING WHICH WERE NOT UNWORTHY OF KEATS OR WORDSWORTH
phonemes: kɹˈæb mˌaɪt wˈɛl biː dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ɪnðə wˈɜːdz wˌɪtʃ ɐ lˈeɪɾɚ sˈɪŋɚ sˈɛt ˈaʊt fɔːɹ hɪz ˈoʊn ˈɛpɪtˌæf, æz "ðə pˈoʊɪt ʌvðə pˈʊɹ." kɹˈæb pˈɪktʃɚd ðə stɹˈʌɡəlz, ðə sˈʌfɚɹɪŋz, ðɪ əkˈeɪʒənəl ɡlˈiːmz ʌv hˈæpɪnəs wˌɪtʃ ɑːɹ kˈɑːmən tə ðə lˈaɪvz ʌvðə pˈʊɹ wɪð ɐ ɹˈiːəlɪzəm æz vˈɪɡɚɹəs ænd æz vˈɪvɪd æz ðə pɹˈoʊz ʌv tʃˈɑːɹlz dˈɪkənz hɪmsˈɛlf kʊd ʃˈoʊ, ænd hiː hæd tˈʌtʃᵻz hˈɪɹ ɐnd ðˈɛɹ ʌv ɛkskwˈɪsɪtli tˈɛndɚ poʊˈɛɾɪk fˈiːlɪŋ wˌɪtʃ wɜː nˌɑːt ʌnwˈɜːði ʌv kˈiːts ɔːɹ wˈɜːdswɜːθ.