Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A QUESTION, by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why is it, god, that mother's hearts are made Last Line: One baby died? Alternate Author Name(s): Stetson, Charlotte Perkins Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
Why is it, God, that mother's hearts are made So very deep and wide? How does it help the world that we should hold Such swelling floods of pain till we are old, Because when we were young one grave was laid- One baby died? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH by JUDY JORDAN THE PAIDLIN' WEAN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BLASTING FROM HEAVEN by PHILIP LEVINE A CONSERVATIVE by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN |
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