Old Maid (Teasdale)
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**The Old Maid** is a poem that explores the complex emotions of an unmarried woman. The poem begins with the speaker describing the old maid as someone who is "shunned and scorned" by society. The speaker then goes on to describe the old maid's daily life, which is filled with loneliness and regret. The old maid longs for a life that she never had, and she is haunted by the thought of what might have been. Ultimately, the poem is a meditation on the choices that we make in life and the consequences of those choices.Book Details
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Sara Teasdale
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Sara Teasdale was an American poet born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1884. Her parents were well-educated and encouraged her love of literature from an early age. Teasdale published her first poem at the...
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