Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

"MY mind was a mirror:

It saw what it saw, it knew what it knew..." This book was first published in 1916. It is a gathering of 244 dramatic monologues written in free verse by Edgar Lee Masters. It is based on the voices of the citizens of Spoon River, a fictional town, yet has been considered autobiographical in nature as it is close in character to the towns where Masters grew up. I thought this book was thought-provoking and even amusing to read. It goes really fast since each page is a poem basically. He writes with a sense of truth and honesty without fear of complications or worries. My favorite literary poems in the book are as titled: Fletcher McGee, The Village Atheist, Bert Kessler, and Alexander Throckmorton. Here is an excerpt from Fletcher McGee: SHE took my strength by minutes, She took my life by hours, She drained me like a fevered moon That saps the spinning world. The days went by like shadows,

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