Elinor Wylie teaches us to face adversity with a dignified smile.
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Tag: Songs of Ourselves Anthology
The Planners
Boey Kim Cheng reveals the sinister side of relentless urbanisation in his poem that delivers a timely warning.
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from An Essay on Criticism
Join Alexander Pope on a metaphysical journey of discovery… that will last a lifetime.
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The Forsaken Wife
Elizabeth Thomas exposes what it means to be a woman in a man’s world.
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Love in a Life
Lose yourself in Robert Browning’s twisted labyrinth.
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I Find No Peace
Sir Thomas Wyatt is trapped by his own conflicting desires.
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A Leave-Taking
Charles Swinburne says he’ll do anything for love – but does he mean it?
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Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrestles with depression in a poem that seems to anticipate his own destiny.
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The Flower-Fed Buffaloes
Vachel Lindsay laments a vanished way of life.
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