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"The Song of the Shirt" is a poem written by Thomas Hood in 1843. It was written in honour of a Mrs. Biddell, a widow and seamstress living in wretched conditions. In what was, at that time, common practice, Mrs. Biddell sewed trousers and shirts in her home using materials supplied to her by her employer for which she was forced to give a £ 2 ...
Anna Blunden -The Seamstress or For Only One Short Hour, 1854, – (Yale Center for British Art) Blunden was born on 22 December 1829 in St John's Square, Clerkenwell, London. Her parents were bookbinders, who moved to start a business making straw hats and silk flowers in Exeter (c.1833). There Blunden attended a Quaker school.
Wanda Evans was born in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where she grew up during the 1950s and 1960s.She is the eldest of four children. Her parents were George and Lewana (Scott) Evans, who were introduced to one another at church by his aunt.
For example, the poem provoked a negative response from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, featured in her poem “The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to Write a Poem called The Lady’s Dressing Room.” In this poem, she voices what many thought was the reason for his writing the poem: sexual frustration.
Ann Plato was born around 1820 or 1824 in Hartford, Connecticut, and was most likely the eldest daughter of Henry and Deborah Plato. [1] In the 1828 Hartford City Directory, Henry Plato was listed as a laborer and Deborah Plato was listed as a seamstress, living at 23 Elm Street. [4]
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (née Kingsmill; April 1661 – 5 August 1720), was an English poet and courtier.Finch wrote in many genres and on many topics - including fables, odes, songs, and religious verse - which are informed by "political ideology, religious orientation, and aesthetic sensibility". [1]
The World's Wife is Carol Ann Duffy's fifth collection of poetry. Her previous collection, Standing Female Nude, is tied to romantic and amorous themes, while her collection The Other Country takes a more indifferent approach to love; The World's Wife continues this progression in that it critiques male figures, masculinity, and heterosexual love to instead focus on forgotten or neglected ...
Around 1910, Charles Villiers Stanford produced a musical setting for the poem. It is a dramatic interpretation requiring a skilled (male) vocalist and equally skilled accompanist. [17] In the 21st century it remains popular and is included on many anthologies of English song or British Art Music recorded by famous artists. [18]