Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A FIN DE SIECLE GIRL by ANONYMOUS

First Line: SHE STUDIES HENRIK IBSEN 'TO CULTIVATE HER MIND'
Last Line: OF FANCY WORK THIS MODERN MAID CAN DO
Subject(s): SCHOLARSHIP & SCHOLARS;SEXISM;
SHE studies Henrik Ibsen "to cultivate her mind,"
And reads Shakespeare and Browning through and through;
Meanwhile she knits her brows -- it is the only kind
Of fancy work this modern maid can do.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net