Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOCKED INSIDE, by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN


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First Line: She beats upon her bolted door
Last Line: "is locked inside!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Stetson, Charlotte Perkins
Subject(s): Women's Rights; Feminism


She beats upon her bolted door,
With faint weak hands;
Drearily walks the narrow floor;
Sullenly sits, blank walls before;
Despairing stands.

Life calls her, Duty, Pleasure, Gain-
Her dreams respond;
But the blank daylights wax and wane,
Dull peace, sharp agony, slow pain-
No hope beyond.




Till she comes a thought! She lifts her head,
The world grows wide!
A voice-as if clear words were said-
"Your door, O long imprisoned,
Is locked inside!"






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