The thirteen poems occur in eight of the fascicles only, leaving a total of eleven fascicles and packets (224 poems) dated by handwriting evidence alone. What conclusions may be drawn? There is very little independent evidence for the dating of the poems; even if Ward’s handwriting analysis...
Caring for her son diminishes the speaker’s resources, leaving her feeling worn out and estranged from her own body. The poem thus implies that, although it is expected to be a woman’s greatest joy, motherhood also brings about great challenges. Throughout the poem, the speaker compares ...
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Continue through the poem, leaving a space between stanzas. Here is a 1939 nursery rhyme by George Sanders and Clarence Kelley for practice: I'm a little teapot, Short and stout, Here is my handle Here is my spout When I get all steamed up, Hear me shout, Tip me over and pour me ...
and with generations of women writers who had been led to believe that they are not fit for the writing profession. Plath, like all American women of the 50s and 60s, thought that marriage and child-bearing were not compatible with writing as a career. In response to rising pressure from ...
Seuss, Mother Goose and the thousands of nursery rhymes that are sold to new parents. But why do poets write Iambic Pentameter nowadays? As far as I know, I am one of the few poets of my own generation (Generation X) writing in form, along with A.E. Stallings and Catherine Tu...
• too much pattern = ‘yawnful, nursery-rhyme stuff.’ • not enough pattern = ‘why, this is nothing but prose.’ • a definite but changing pattern = ‘Aha, a poem!’ So how much pattern is enough? Well ... enough to convince an audience that it's deliberate. It doesn’...
‘A Poison Tree’ was published in 1794 in William Blake’s Songs of Experience. It is noted for its simple language and rhythm that evokes the patterning of nursery rhymes. But, there is much more to it than initially meets the eye. Blake’s speaker considers what anger is and two diff...