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The poem itself was placed in a section of Poems in Two Volumes entitled "Moods of my Mind" in which he grouped together his most deeply felt lyrics. Others included " To a Butterfly ", a childhood recollection of chasing butterflies with Dorothy, and " The Sparrow's Nest ", in which he says of Dorothy "She gave me eyes, she gave me ears".
Poems, in Two Volumes is a collection of poetry by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, published in 1807. [1] ... MOODS OF MY OWN MIND. 1. To a Butterfly; 2. 3 ...
Moods of my Mind (1807–15); Poems founded on the Affections, (1815–45); Poems referring to the Period of Childhood (1845–) 1807 1801 1801 Former title: Bore the title of: "Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side" from 1801–1836. "Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side," Miscellaneous Sonnets: 1815 The Prioress' Tale (from Chaucer) 1801
The poem was first performed at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955. [14] Ginsberg had not originally intended the poem for performance. The reading was conceived by Wally Hedrick—a painter and co-founder of the Six—who approached Ginsberg in mid-1955 and asked him to organize a poetry reading at the Six Gallery.
Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
“A glooming peace this morning with it brings; / The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: / Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; / Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished ...
[109] On "A slumber did my spirit seal", Wordsworth's friend Thomas Powell wrote that the poem "stands by itself, and is without title prefixed, yet we are to know, from the penetration of Mr. Wordsworth's admirers, that it is a sequel to the other deep poems that precede it, and is about one Lucy, who is dead. From the table of contents ...
Loss is an important theme in the "Matthew" poems; To Geoffrey Hartman, "radical loss" haunts both the "Lucy" poems and the "Matthew" poems. [17] The "Lucy" poems, written at the same time as "Two April Mornings", share their discussion on separation, but the "Matthew" poems make it clear that a loss cannot truly be replaced. [ 18 ]