<p>The way metaphor works in one of Stevenson's songs of travel, a little attention to George R. Sim's punning in one of his "lunatic laureate" poems, and then close reading of the amazing Alice Meynell, in particular "Renouncement," "A Cradle Song," "The Modern Mother," and "Parentage," with some attention to the experience of Catholic guilt.</p>

The way metaphor works in one of Stevenson's songs of travel, a little attention to George R. Sim's punning in one of his "lunatic laureate" poems, and then close reading of the amazing Alice Meynell, in particular "Renouncement," "A Cradle Song," "The Modern Mother," and "Parentage," with some attention to the experience of Catholic guilt.

Victorian Poetry 22: A bit more Stevenson, George R. Sims, and the amazing Alice Meynell

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Victorian Poetry 22: A bit more Stevenson, George R. Sims, and the amazing Alice Meynell

Victorian Poetry 22: A bit more Stevenson, George R. Sims, and the amazing Alice Meynell