{"product_id":"sara-teasdale-young-love-sara-teasdale-9781780009209","title":"Sara Teasdale - Young Love \u0026 Other Poems: \"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.\"","description":"Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we look at the works of Sara Teasdale. Sara Trevor Teasdale was born on AuSara Trevor Teasdale was born on the 8th August 1884 in St Louis, Missouri. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman of poor health it was only at age 10 that she was well enough to begin school when she attended the Mary Institute from 1898, but moving to Hosmer Hall from where she graduated in 1903. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer first poem was published in William Marion Reedy's Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper, in 1907. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLater that same year her first collection of poems, 'Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems' was published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer well received second volume 'Helen of Troy and Other Poems', published 4 years later, was praised for its lyrical talents and subject matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was courted by various men among them Vachel Lindsay, a great poet but one who thought he could not provide a suitable standard of living for her. Sara then married Ernst Filsinger, who also admired her poetry, in 1914. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSara's third poetry collection, 'Rivers to the Sea', was published in 1915 and was a best seller. A year later, in 1916, the couple moved to New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1917 she released her collection 'Love Songs' and the following year it won three awards: the Columbia University Poetry Society prize, the annual prize of the Poetry Society of America and, as a crowning achievement, the 1918 Pulitzer Prize for poetry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 1929 Sara was deeply unhappy and lonely and decided to divorce. To satisfy the criteria she moved across state lines for three months. She did not wish to inform Filsinger, and only at the insistence of her lawyers, as the divorce was going through, did she-Filsinger was shocked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter her divorce Sara remained in New York City and resumed her friendship with Vachel Lindsay, who was by this time married with children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1931 Vachel Lindsay committed suicide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo year later on 29th January 1933 Sara Teasdale died from an overdose of sleeping pills. She was 48. She was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Teasdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780009208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780009209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Portable Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d","brand":"Sara Teasdale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486033555711,"sku":"9781780009209","price":10.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c3b0e99-0491-487e-878b-12c39211e144.jpg?v=1778053228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sara-teasdale-young-love-sara-teasdale-9781780009209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}