Dec 27, 2009

There Will Come Soft Rains | Critical Overview

Teasdale’s early popularity is reflected in her winning the first Columbia Poetry Prize in 1918, an award that would later be called the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her work was especially liked for its lyrical style and musical rhythm, and it was received equally well by male critics as well as by female critics, even though the subjects were often sensitive and sentimental. At least two critics who reviewed Flame and Shadow shortly after it was published found the collection stronger than her previous work, although similar in theme and tone. Writing for The Bookman,...