Marianne Moore

Ichabod

Conditions continually change. What is good

enough today may become obsolete tomorrow. One

of the attributes of the progressive educator is

a willingness to investigate.”

 

Without intending to be rude,

You smother him with platitude;

Curb your insistence—

 

When astigmatic Ichabod,

Attached to his outmoded rod,

Resists resistance.

Marianne Moore

 Marianne  Moore

Among Marianne Moore's (1887-1972) many honors were the Poetry Society of America's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement and the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France.  She was also awarded the Bollingen Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems (Macmillan, 1951).


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