Many of the speakers in this work can be identified as former residents of Lewistown and Petersburg, Illinois.
Many of the speakers in this work can be identified as former residents of Lewistown and Petersburg, Illinois. Originally published in parts in Reedy's Mirror under the name Webster Ford, the first poem is "The Hill" followed by "Hod Putt," the voice of a man hung for murder. Including a fragment of an epic by Jonathan Swift Somers, it also tells of schoolteacher Emily Sparks and Daisy Fraser, the town prostitute. For 10 points--, identify this collection of 243 free verse epitaphs by Edgar Lee Masters.
Many of the speakers in this work can be identified as former residents of Lewistown and Petersburg, Illinois.
{Spoon River Anthology}