Draft toward "A Poem Happens to Me"
Item
Swenson, May. 1938. “Draft Toward ‘A Poem Happens to Me’”. Draft Toward "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age", May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed March 29, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/26494
- Title
- Draft toward "A Poem Happens to Me"
- Description
- First three pages of "A Poem Happens to Me" essay, written in 1938 and published posthumously, in 1998. The draft is seven pages total.
- In this essay, Swenson discusses the process in which she writes poems, reviews some of her earlier work and gives insight on the background of her poetry.
- Date
- circa 1938
- Type
- Essay
- Format
- paper
- JPEG
- Creator
- Swenson, May
- Extent
- 3 leaves, recto only
- Language
- English
- Relation
-
Draft toward "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age"
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Draft toward "What's the Use of Poetry?"
- Identifier
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MSS111_II_2_Prose_A_Poem_Happens_to_Me_01.jpg
MSS111_II_2_Prose_A_Poem_Happens_to_Me_02.jpg
MSS111_II_2_Prose_A_Poem_Happens_to_Me_03.jpg - Rights
- In copyright
- Subject
- Swenson, May--Authorship
Swenson, May. 1938. “Draft Toward ‘A Poem Happens to Me’”. Draft Toward "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age", May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed March 29, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/26494