Lucinda Matlock - A poem by Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar Lee Masters - Lucinda Matlock

 	I went to the dances at Chandlerville,
And played snap-out at Winchester.
One time we changed partners,
Driving home in the midnight of middle June,
And then I found Davis.
We were married and lived together for seventy years,
Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children,
Eight of whom we lost
Ere I had reached the age of sixty.
I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,
I made the garden, and for holiday
Rambled over the fields where sang the larks,
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed--
Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys.
At ninety-six I had lived enough, that is all,
And passed to a sweet repose.
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you--
It takes life to love Life.

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Poet: Edgar Lee Masters Poem: Lucinda Matlock Comment 5 of 5, added on February 10th, 2008 at 7:51 AM. in this poem, the old lady is speaking and she shows her respond to her life. some people are sorrow, discontent, hopeless in their life, but she is not. the false thing has in her life that she turns away from true life and goes to bad things, no more good things she does in her life, no principles, but follows devil way. muna al-zidi from Oman Comment 4 of 5, added on April 25th, 2007 at 3:53 PM. I somewhat disagree with what traviesa had to say about the poem. I think the poem is about living life to the fullest. Instead of complaining about the woes of life, live life out and it will reward you. Do not expect life to come to you with bountiful gifts, you must seek them yourself. Kyle from United States Comment 3 of 5, added on February 14th, 2006 at 6:34 PM. This poem states that life can give you things but can also take them from you. God gave her a bless to have children but as he gave her joy he took them away from her. Maybe it was to make the readers understand that you learm from your own experiences and that you canot let tragedy mark you for the rest of your life no matter how deep you been stab. (hope it helps) traviesa from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Lucinda Matlock, has received 5 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Edgar Lee Masters with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Edgar Lee Masters Poem: Lucinda Matlock Last read: Jul 25 2008, 2:09AM Viewed 4523 times. Added on February 14th, 2006 at 6:34 PM.

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