text: In one of this author’s poems, the speaker sees his mother as “nineteen, and not a day older,” making clothes for him on the night before Christmas.
full_question: In one of this author’s poems, the speaker sees his mother as “nineteen, and not a day older,” making clothes for him on the night before Christmas. In addition to “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver,” this poet wrote the collection A Few Figs From Thistles, in which she invites readers to “come and see my shining palace built upon the sand.” That collection also includes the famous line “My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night.” For the points, name this female American poet.
first_sentence: In one of this author’s poems, the speaker sees his mother as “nineteen, and not a day older,” making clothes for him on the night before Christmas.