The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale
by Sara Teasdale
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Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) became one of the most praised lyric poets of the early twentieth century. In "The Collected Poems," five of Teasdale's books of poems are brought together, demonstrating her varied output. Teasdale examines love, loss, and death, all with a beautiful lyricism. Her poems range from the traditional to the experimental as she locates and transforms her poetic voice. Born and raised in St. Louis, Teasdale had fragile health until early adulthood. Upon publishing her show more first book of poems "Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems" (included in this edition), Teasdale experienced critical and commercial success. She moved to New York City in 1916 where she situated herself with the literary and intellectual communities of the day. Her poetic output continued with regularity though Teasdale experienced bouts of depression with increasing frequency. She would later commit suicide at the age of 48. show lessTags
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Something about Teasdale's poetry really speaks to my heart. I've read the collected works all at least once, and have gone back to many of the poems repeatedly. Many of her poems are quite lyrical, and I've even set some of them to music. (I don't do much of that.)
Beautiful lyric poetry of Sara Teasdale. A book to dip into time after time.
I can't remember first reading Teasdale. I doubt I'll ever stop.
Because it might have something like this in it:
Morning Song
Sara Teasdale
A diamond of a morning
Waked me an hour too soon;
Dawn had taken in the stars
And left the faint white moon.
O white moon, you are lonely,
It is the same with me,
But we have the world to roam over,
Only the lonely are free.
Morning Song
Sara Teasdale
A diamond of a morning
Waked me an hour too soon;
Dawn had taken in the stars
And left the faint white moon.
O white moon, you are lonely,
It is the same with me,
But we have the world to roam over,
Only the lonely are free.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1907
- People/Characters
- Margaret Haley Carpenter; Oscar Wilde; Maxfield Parrish; Edmund Dulac; Ernest Dowson; Arthur Symons (show all 19); Walter Pater; Christina Rossetti; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Guy de Maupassant; Henry James; Elinor Wylie; Greta Garbo; Amy Lowell; D'Annunzio; Max Beerbohm; Poseidon; Harriet Monroe; Lizette Reese
- Important places
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Central Park, New York, New York, USA; Riverside Drive, New York, New York, USA; Louvre Museum, Paris, France; Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy; Martha Washington Hotel, New York, New York, USA (now the The Redbury New York) (show all 7); Isola Bella, Borromean Islands, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy
- First words
- If every book must eventually find its own destiny, then the Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale has had a strange and enviable one.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Stars I shall find.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 15
