![]() They brought them dead sons from the war, Was brought to her little space by Ella and Kate and Mag-Īnd old Towny Kincaid and Sevigne Houghton, One after life in far-away London and Paris One of a broken pride, in the search for heart’s desire One at the hands of a brute in a brothel, The tender heart, the simple soul, the loud, the proud, the happy one?. Where are Ella, Kate, Mag, Lizzie and Edith, One fell from a bridge toiling for children and wife-Īll, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill. The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? “Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, Masters begins his anthology with “The Hill” a setting for the pageant of ghostly visits to come: Husbands and wives relate different perspectives of the same events, lovers and soldiers tell of their history, and each is a distinct, poetic voice. Masters has each relate a short story some folks talk about their life, many about the circumstances of their death. ![]() ![]() Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, published in 1915, is a unique literary experience.Ī collection of inter-related free-form poems, each title a person’s name, and each person a resident of the town cemetery. ![]()
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