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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY MOTHER, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because I feel that, in the heavens above Last Line: Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life. Subject(s): Mothers-in-law | |||
Because I feel that, in the heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of "Mother," Therefore by that dear name I long have called you -- You who are more than mother unto me, And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you In setting my Virgina's spirit free. My mother -- my own mother, who died early, Was but the mother of myself; but you Are mother to the one I lovd so dearly, And thus are dearer than the mother I knew By that infinity with which my wife Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OVER THE WAY by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE THE BROKEN HEART by JAMES HOGG THE WIDOW TO HER SON'S BETROTHED by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW by WALTER PARKE NEW ENGLAND MOTHER-IN-LAW by FRANCES FUERST QUICK MOTHERS-IN-LAW by JOHN GODFREY SAXE SUCKING CIDER THROUGH A STRAW by ANONYMOUS FIRST MEETING WITH A POSSIBLE MOTHER-IN-LAW by THOMSON WILLIAM GUNN |
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