He dwelt among “apartments let,”
About five stories high;
A man I thought that none would get,
And very few would try.
A boulder, by a larger stone
Half hidden in the mud,
Fair as a man when only one
Is in the neighborhood.
He lived unknown, and few could tell
When Jacob was not free;
But he has got a wife,—and O!
The difference to me!
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Poet
Phoebe Cary
1824–1871
SCHOOL / PERIOD
Victorian
Subjects
Marriage & Companionship,
Relationships,
Arts & Sciences,
Living,
Love,
Humor & Satire,
Unrequited Love,
Heartache & Loss,
Realistic & Complicated
Poetic Terms
Common Measure,
Rhymed Stanza
The sisters ALICE (1820—1871) and PHOEBE CARY (1824—1871) grew up on a farm near Cincinnati, Ohio, in an area later immortalized by Alice’s Clovernook stories. There they immersed themselves in the classics of literature under the tutelage of an older sister whose death in 1833 affected them deeply. Although both published poems while still teenagers, it wasn’t until 1850, after their work had been noticed by such luminaries . . .
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Poem Categorization
SUBJECT
Marriage & Companionship,
Relationships,
Arts & Sciences,
Living,
Love,
Humor & Satire,
Unrequited Love,
Heartache & Loss,
Realistic & Complicated
SCHOOL / PERIOD
Victorian
Poetic Terms
Common Measure,
Rhymed Stanza
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