The Reason
Stevie Smith, “The Reason” from New Selected Poems. Copyright © 1972 by Stevie Smith. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
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Poet Stevie Smith 1902–1971
POET’S REGION England
Subjects God & the Divine, Disappointment & Failure, Religion, Faith & Doubt
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
Biography
Calling Stevie Smith's Not Waving but Drowning "the best collection of new poems to appear in 1957," Poetry contributor David Wright observed that "as one of the most original women poets now writing [Stevie Smith] seems to have missed most of the public accolades bestowed by critics and anthologists. One reason may be that not only does she belong to no 'school'—whether real or invented as they usually are—but her work is so . . .
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SUBJECT God & the Divine, Disappointment & Failure, Religion, Faith & Doubt
POET’S REGION England
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
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