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Marianne Moore


Born
in Kirkwood, Missouri, The United States
November 15, 1887

Died
February 05, 1972

Genre
Poetry


Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 8,285 ratings · 820 reviews · 210 distinct works • Similar authors
Complete Poems
4.02 avg rating — 3,220 ratings — published 1986 — 39 editions
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The Poems of Marianne Moore
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3.98 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 1921 — 37 editions
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Observations
4.05 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 1924 — 11 editions
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Fairy Tales
3.26 avg rating — 282 ratings — 3 editions
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New Collected Poems
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Selected poems
3.64 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1935 — 7 editions
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The Selected Letters
4.37 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions
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O to Be a Dragon
3.62 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1957 — 14 editions
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Collected Poems
3.63 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1951 — 39 editions
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Becoming Marianne Moore: Ea...
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“Your thorns are the best part of you.”
― Marianne Moore
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“... we
do not admire what
we cannot understand.”
― Marianne Moore, Complete Poems
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“The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.”
― Marianne Moore
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