Stevie Smith essay.

Poetry has been described as an "art," and the poem itself partially defined as
having a certain "suggestive power." Many poets have taken full advantage of this
"power" lent to them, and with their pen have set out to master the "art" of poetry in the
form of self-expression and honest revelations concerning their very existence. Perhaps
one of the lesser known but most intriguing women poets in this literary genre was
Florence (Stevie) Smith. While studying Smith's poetic works, the reader is enabled to
enter her world of emotional extremes, where the loneliness and appreciation fo…