Again the sun! anew each day, and new and new and new
One poem by this author uses the images of a prickly pear, a barbed wire, a carrot, and a mandrake to conclude that "the weak overcomes its menace, the strong overcomes itself." That poem ends by wondering "What sap went through that little thread to make the cherry red!" Another of this author's poems ends with the exclamation "Again the sun! anew each day, and new and new and new, that comes into and steadies my soul," and compares the title figure to a "night miniature artist engineer" and "Leonardo da Vinci's replica." This author of "Nevertheless" wrote a poem claiming "things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful." She praised the title "armored animal" in "The Pangolin," and described the title genre in a poem which begins "I, too, dislike it." For 10 points, name this American author best known for her poem "Poetry."
One poem by this author uses the images of a prickly pear, a barbed wire, a carrot, and a mandrake to conclude that "the weak overcomes its menace, the strong overcomes itself.
Marianne Moore