The Old Maid
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Poet Sara Teasdale 1884–1933
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Subjects Living, Disappointment & Failure, Cities & Urban Life, Love, Social Commentaries, Growing Old, Relationships, Men & Women, Desire, Heartache & Loss
Poetic Terms Common Measure, Rhymed Stanza
Biography
Sara Teasdale received public admiration for her well-crafted lyrical poetry which centered on a woman's changing perspectives on beauty, love, and death. Many of Teasdale's poems chart developments in her own life, from her experiences as a sheltered young woman in St. Louis, to those as a successful yet increasingly uneasy writer in New York City, to a depressed and disillusioned person who would commit suicide in 1933. . . .
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SUBJECT Living, Disappointment & Failure, Cities & Urban Life, Love, Social Commentaries, Growing Old, Relationships, Men & Women, Desire, Heartache & Loss
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Poetic Terms Common Measure, Rhymed Stanza
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