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The song also mentions her brother named Hugh, and her beloved William, and gives a name to the older sister, Anne. An early Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, "The Sisters", also bears a resemblance to the ballad: a sister scorned in love who murders the lover of her sister, and possibly the sister too, out of jealousy.
Anne Killigrew (1660–1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Born in London, she and her family were active in literary and court circles.
Jessica Powers was born on February 7, 1905, in Mauston, Wisconsin, the third child to John Powers and Delia Trainer Powers.By the time Jessica had turned 13, she lost both her older sister and father.
Depending on the poem Guthorm is either her full brother, step-brother, or half-brother. [71] A sister Gullrönd also appears in one poem. [6] Generally, none of the poems in the collection is thought to be older than 900 and some appear to have been written in the thirteenth century. [72]
She had an older sister, Cecilia (baptized 1760), [1] and an older half-sister Persis from her father's first marriage (born 1743). [3] Her father died in December 1762 when she was two. [ 1 ] He had previously served as Secretary for Minorca when it was a British possession, and accumulated enough personal property that his widow and daughters ...
Goblin Market tells the adventures of two close sisters, Laura and Lizzie, with the river goblins. Although the sisters seem to be quite young, they live by themselves in a house, and draw water every evening from a stream. As the poem begins, the sisters hear the calls of the goblin merchants selling their fantastic fruits in the twilight.
The poem concerns the 6th-century figures Myrddin and Gwenddydd, who are presented as brother and sister with a friendly and harmonious relationship.Reference is made to the death of Gwenddolau at the battle of Arfderydd and Myrddin's consequent descent into madness, and to the 6th-century kings Rhydderch Hael, Morgant Fawr, and Urien Rheged, but otherwise the poem largely consists of ...
Alice's first major poem, "The Child of Sorrow", was published in 1838 and was praised by influential critics including Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and Horace Greeley. [4] Alice and her sister were included in the influential anthology The Female Poets of America prepared by Rufus Griswold. [ 5 ]