The eagle and the mole by elinor wylie is a six stanza poem which is separated into sets of four lines, or quatrains. Note that wylies the eagle and the mole exploits the same natural analogies found in the poem owl light on poemhunter by. She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality. Elinor wylies poetry was sometimes criticized for being derivative, too close in style and form to those writers she loved best, such as william butler yeats, john donne, william shakespeare. Wylie has chosen to conform the text to a rhyming pattern of abab, alternating as she saw fit from stanza to stanza. Many of the statements are imperatives in terms of grammar. She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry. Wylie s writing is noted for short and concise lines. Essays and criticism on elinor wylie critical essays. Elinor wylie s poetry was sometimes criticized for being derivative, too close in style and form to those writers she loved best, such as william butler yeats, john donne, william shakespeare. The bottom violation economy, inflation, stock market, and dollar analysis. Synopsis pretty words by elinor wylie presentation by khya poetic devices pretty words is about someone loving pretty words, and how theres many different words pretty words you can use. When flocks are folded warm, and herds to shelter run, he sails above the storm, he stares into the sun. Lets we find the suggestions odd, we might turn our minds to such words as henry david thoreaus if a man loses.
In 1910 she left her husband and their son to escape to england with a married lawyer, horace wylie, under the assumed name of waring. Poets corner elinor wylie selected works the other pages. Pretty words by elinor wylie by khya purvey on prezi. Elinor morton wylie7 september 1885 16 december 1928 elinor wylie was an american poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Wylie s contemporaries recognized the autobiographical reference of the eagle and the mole, but there is more to the poem than personal revelation. The huddled warmth of crowds begets and fosters hate. William butler yeats, for one, found a lovely heroic song that he connected with the. This is an analysis of the poem the eagle and the mole that begins with.
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Elinor wylie was an american poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Ivory beak, 325 elinor wylie 18851928, 325 the eagle and the mole, 328 the. Elinor adopted the animal symbolism along with other poetic devices that bill manipulated as well. Lets we find the suggestions odd, we might turn our minds to such. Full text of modern american poetry modern british poetry. Wylie married wouldbe poet philip hichborn in 1905. Avoid the reeking herd, shun the polluted flock, live like that stoic bird, the eagle of the rock. Elinor wylie was born elinor morton hoyt in somerville, new jersey, into a socially prominent family. Comments about the eagle and the mole by elinor morton wylie william f dougherty 3152014 4. One oftenread poem, the eagle and the mole, advised the reader to avoid. Elinor wylie was honored for her poetry with the june ellsworth ford prize from the poetry society 1921 for nets to catch the wind and the levinson prize from poetry magazine 1928.
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