Original poem reprinted online here: Analysis of "My Heart is Heavy" by Sara Teasdale Originally read: January 5, 2013 More information about the Poet: Sara Teasdale I'm going to do something different this time. I've been searching for other blogs like mine. Some are close -- putting up the poem with no analysis or putting up analysis and it's a "I like" fest. I'm not saying my analysis is any good, but I try. So I'm going to link to this person's blog that does some interesting analysis of poems. --- A Poem for Every Day And the blogger writes some interesting notes about the background of the poem or at least the blogger's interpretation: "It seems likely that this poem was written for Vachel Lindsay, who courted Teasdale when they were young and wrote her many love letters, yet who did not have enough money to marry her. Sara Teasdale married a wealthy business man called Filsinger instead, but the marriage was very ...
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