In what some consider her most ambitious religious work, she continues here her meditations on the female characters of the Bible. The text envisions the moment at which Eve
, the Virgin Mary
...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Katharine Tynan
In this first volume KT
establishes three themes that recur throughout her later poetry collections: religion, Ireland, and nature. The four monologues here are spoken by historical or legendary heroines: Louise de la Vallière...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Katharine Tynan
KT
opens this volume (like her Ballads and Lyrics) with a prefatory poem that is modest, if not apologetic: A small monotonous song I sing, / My notes are faint and few.
Tynan, Katharine. Cuckoo Songs. Elkin Mathews and John Lane.
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The...
Textual Features
Helen Waddell
One poem written by HW
as an undergraduate and never published in her lifetime relates the events of the crucifixion and its immediate aftermath from the point of view of Mary Magdalen
: So Joseph...