"Neither a believer, an unbeliever nor agnostic, but oddly all three at once", with reference to two or three poems, consider how this aspect of Stevie Smith is reflected in her poetry.
Title: "Neither a believer, an unbeliever nor agnostic, but oddly all three at once", with reference to two or three poems, consider how this aspect of Stevie Smith is reflected in her poetry.
Category: /Literature/Poetry
Details: Words: 824 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Neither a believer, an unbeliever nor agnostic, but oddly all three at once", with reference to two or three poems, consider how this aspect of Stevie Smith is reflected in her poetry.
Category: /Literature/Poetry
Details: Words: 824 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
In analyzing Stevie Smith's poetry, it is difficult to decide what spiritual belief she falls under. Most of her poems question the function of God rather than his existence, yet it would be too simplistic to categorize her as an agnostic. In fact, her religious commentaries are more towards humanity and their "folly" rather than being bitter towards God.
In the poem "God and the Devil", Smith's language is particularly sarcastic and child-like in telling …showed first 75 words of 824 total…
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
…showed last 75 words of 824 total…of humans more than anything else. There is a definite bitterness towards humanity and it is more a loss of faith in humans rather than God. Also, one must consider how poetry is the most personal form of literature and Smith often wrote poetry in order to soothe her during times of depression, therefore, the beliefs and thoughts in the poems vary and are reflections of her emotions at the moment the poem was written.
