A Spotlight on Poets

Sarah Teasdale was a 20th century American poet, who as a sickly child grew up in a sheltered and lonely atmosphere. She was forced to amuse herself with imaginary worlds, stories and poems, where she was very much influenced by the poetry of Christina Rossetti. She started to write when she was young, publishing her poems first in the local newspaper, and then later going on to publish her own collections such as: Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, Rivers to the Sea and Flame and Shadow. S he received public admiration for her well-crafted lyrical and highly pictorial poetry which centred on a woman's Who was Sarah Teasdale?