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Chapter X · Chapter 10

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SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.
Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.
Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.
In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.
In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.
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The Advance of English Poetry in

Chapter X · Chapter 10

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SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.
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Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.
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Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.
/hɜːr fɜːrst bʊk əˈpɪrd wen ʃiː wɑːz ˈtwentiθriː ənd meɪd æn ˌɪmˈpreʃən/
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In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.
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In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

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Aiken noun US /ˈeɪkɪn/

United States writer (1889-1973)

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

Rittenhouse noun US /ˈrɪtənhaʊs/

United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796)

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

Roosevelt noun US /ˈroʊzəvelt/

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

Sandburg noun US /ˈsændbərɡ/

United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

seeger noun US /ˈsiːɡər/

United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

Stork noun US /stɔːrk/

large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

teasdale noun US /ˈtiːzdeɪl/

United States poet (1884-1933)

From this reading “SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.”

unpublished adjective US /ənˈpʌblɪʃt/

not published

From this reading “In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.”

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1884

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From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

1911

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From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

1915

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From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

1916

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From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

1917

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

1918

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From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

AikennounUS /ˈeɪkɪn/

United States writer (1889-1973)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

ALAN

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Alice

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/

in addition

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

AmericanounUS /əˈmerəkə/

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

AmericannounUS /əˈmerəkən/

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

amountnounUS /əˈmaʊnt/

a quantity of money

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

appearedverbUS /əˈpɪrd/

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

AugustnounUS /ˈɑːɡəst/

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

BnounUS /biː/

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

bestnounUS /best/

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

BishopnounUS /ˈbɪʃəp/

a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

booknounUS /bʊk/

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

bornadjectiveUS /bɔːrn/

brought into existence

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

BradleynounUS /ˈbrædli/

United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

Bynner

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

CnounUS /siː/

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

calledverbUS /kɔːld/

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

careernounUS /kərˈɪr/

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Carl

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Carolyn

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

ChicagonounUS /ʃəˈkɑːɡoʊ/

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

citynounUS /ˈsɪti/

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Cleghorn

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

ColumbianounUS /kəˈlʌmbiə/

a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

ConradnounUS /ˈkɑːnræd/

English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

containedadjectiveUS /kənˈteɪnd/

gotten under control

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

ContemporaryadjectiveUS /kənˈtempəreri/

characteristic of the present

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Corbin

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Corinne

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

criticnounUS /ˈkrɪtɪk/

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

DaviesnounUS /ˈdeɪviz/

plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

DavisnounUS /ˈdeɪvəs/

English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

defectsnounUS /ˈdiːfekts/

plural of “defect” — an imperfection in a bodily system

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

dollarsnounUS /ˈdɑːlərz/

plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

EnounUS /iː/

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

eighthadjectiveUS /eɪtθ/

coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

EliotnounUS /ˈeliət/

British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

ElizabethannounUS /ˌelɪzəˈbiːθən/

a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Erskine

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

factoriesnounUS /ˈfæktəriz/

plural of “factory” — a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Fannie

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Filsinger

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From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

finishedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪnɪʃt/

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

FishernounUS /ˈfɪʃər/

someone whose occupation is catching fish

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

fivenounUS /faɪv/

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

FletchernounUS /ˈfletʃər/

prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

freeverbUS /friː/

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

frontnounUS /frʌnt/

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

GnounUS /dʒiː/

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

GarrisonnounUS /ˈɡærɪsən/

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

giftnounUS /ɡɪft/

something acquired without compensation

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

GriffithnounUS /ˈɡrɪfəθ/

United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Hagedorn

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

handnounUS /hænd/

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Harriet

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

HaynounUS /heɪ/

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

HelennounUS /ˈhelən/

(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

hundrednounUS /ˈhʌndrəd/

ten 10s

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

impressionnounUS /ˌɪmˈpreʃən/

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

inspiredadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈspaɪərd/

being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

JnounUS /dʒeɪ/

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Jessie

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

JohnnounUS /dʒɑːn/

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

LnounUS /el/

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

LeonardnounUS /ˈlenərd/

United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

LewisnounUS /ˈluːɪs/

United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

livingnounUS /ˈlɪvɪŋ/

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

LouisnounUS /ˈluːɪs/

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

lyricsnounUS /ˈlɪrɪks/

plural of “lyric” — the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

MnounUS /em/

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Mackaye

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

Margaret

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

MarynounUS /ˈmeri/

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

materialadjectiveUS /məˈtɪriəl/

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

meetingsnounUS /ˈmiːtɪŋz/

plural of “meeting” — a formally arranged gathering

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

melodynounUS /ˈmelədi/

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

MiddletonnounUS /ˈmɪdəltən/

English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

monotonynounUS /məˈnɑːtəni/

the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

MonroenounUS /mənˈroʊ/

United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

naturenounUS /ˈneɪtʃər/

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Neihardt

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

newadjectiveUS /nuː/

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

Nicholson

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

noisesnounUS /ˈnɔɪzɪz/

plural of “noise” — sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

offeredverbUS /ˈɔːfərd/

past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

originaladjectiveUS /ərˈɪdʒənəl/

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

OtheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

OTHERS

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

PnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Pastorals

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

PercynounUS /ˈpɜːrsi/

United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

poemnounUS /ˈpoʊəm/

a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

poemsnounUS /ˈpoʊəmz/

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

poetnounUS /ˈpoʊət/

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

poetrynounUS /ˈpoʊətri/

literature in metrical form

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

poetsnounUS /ˈpoʊəts/

plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

possibilitiesnounUS /ˌpɑːsəˈbɪlətiz/

plural of “possibility” — a future prospect or potential

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

prizenounUS /praɪz/

something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

producedverbUS /prəˈduːst/

past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

productionnounUS /prəˈdʌkʃən/

the act or process of producing something

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

pronouncedadjectiveUS /prəˈnaʊnst/

strongly marked; easily noticeable

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

publishedadjectiveUS /ˈpʌblɪʃt/

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

ranknounUS /ræŋk/

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

readverbUS /red/

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

receivedadjectiveUS /rəˈsiːvd/

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

reprintedverbUS /riˈprɪntɪd/

past form of “reprint” — print anew

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

RittenhousenounUS /ˈrɪtənhaʊs/

United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

RiversnounUS /ˈrɪvərz/

plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

RobinsonnounUS /ˈrɑːbənsən/

English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

RooseveltnounUS /ˈroʊzəvelt/

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

SnounUS /es/

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

SandburgnounUS /ˈsændbərɡ/

United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

SARA

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

SarahnounUS /ˈserə/

(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

SeanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

SEEGERnounUS /ˈsiːɡər/

United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

servicesnounUS /ˈsɜːrvəsəz/

performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

slenderadjectiveUS /ˈslendər/

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

SocietynounUS /səˈsaɪəti/

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

SongsnounUS /sɔːŋz/

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

SonnetnounUS /ˈsɑːnɪt/

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

SorrownounUS /ˈsɑːroʊ/

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

spitenounUS /spaɪt/

feeling a need to see others suffer

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

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From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

Stearns

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

StorknounUS /stɔːrk/

large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

TnounUS /tiː/

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

TEASDALEnounUS /ˈtiːzdeɪl/

United States poet (1884-1933)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Theodosia

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

theoriesnounUS /ˈθɪriz/

plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

thoughtfuladjectiveUS /ˈθɔːtfəl/

having intellectual depth

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

TroynounUS /trɔɪ/

a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

twenty-threenounUS /ˈtwentiθriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

UnderwoodnounUS /ˈʌndərwʊd/

the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

UniversitynounUS /ˌjuːnəˈvɜːrsəti/

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

unpublishedadjectiveUS /ənˈpʌblɪʃt/

not published

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

versenounUS /vɜːrs/

literature in metrical form

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

versesnounUS /ˈvɜːrsəz/

plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

villagenounUS /ˈvɪlədʒ/

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

volumenounUS /ˈvɑːljuːm/

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

WnounUS /ˈdʌbəljuː/

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

warnounUS /wɔːr/

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Sara Teasdale (Mrs. Filsinger) was born at St. Louis (pronounced Lewis), on the eighth of August, 1884.

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading In spite of her youth and the slender amount of her production, Sara Teasdale has won her way to the front rank of living American poets.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Her first book appeared when she was twenty-three, and made an impression.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

WhitneynounUS /ˈwɪtni/

United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Whitsett

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

Widdemer

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

Witter

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From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

wonnounUS /wʌn/

the basic unit of money in South Korea

From this reading In 1911 she published _Helen of Troy, and Other Poems_; in 1915 a volume of original lyrics called _Rivers to the Sea_; some of these were reprinted, together with new material, in _Love Poems_ (1917), which also contained _Songs out of Sorrow_--verses that won the prize offered by the Poetry Society of America for the best unpublished work read at the meetings in 1916; and in 1918 she received the Columbia University Poetry Prize of five hundred dollars, for the best book produced by an American in 1917.

workverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

youthnounUS /juːθ/

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading SARA TEASDALE, ALAN SEEGER, AND OTHERS Sara Teasdale--her poems of love--her youth--her finished art--Fannie Stearns Davis--her thoughtful verse--Theodosia Garrison--her war poem--war poetry of Mary Carolyn Davies--Harriet Monroe--her services--her original work--Alice Corbin--her philosophy--Sarah Cleghorn--poet of the country village--Jessie B. Rittenhouse--critic and poet--Margaret Widdemer--poet of the factories--Carl Sandburg--poet of Chicago--his career--his defects--J. C. Underwood--poet of city noises--T. S. Eliot--J. G. Neihardt--love poems--C. W. Stork--_Contemporary Verse_--M. L. Fisher--_The Sonnet_--S. Middleton--J. P. Bishop--W. A. Bradley--nature poems--W. Griffith--_City Pastorals_--John Erskine--W. E. Leonard--W. T. Whitsett--Helen Hay Whitney--Corinne Roosevelt Robinson--M. Nicholson--his left hand--Witter Bynner--a country poet--H. Hagedorn--Percy Mackaye--his theories--his possibilities--J. G. Fletcher--monotony of free verse--Conrad Aiken--his gift of melody--W. A. Percy--the best American poem of 1917--Alan Seeger--an Elizabethan--an inspired poet.

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