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Change. By Letitia Elizabeth Landon. And this is what is left of youth! . . . There were two boys, who were bred up together, Shared the same bed, and fed at the same board; Each tried the other’s sport, from their first chase, Young hunters of the butterfly and bee, To when they followed the fleet hare, and tried. The swiftness of the bird.
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In the first set of lines, the speaker begins by giving her listener permission to “gaze upon” another woman’s “rose-wreath’d hair.” This initially seems like a strange thing for her to do until one realizes the ruined nature of the previous relationship. The listener and the speaker used to be in an intimate relationship; this has come to an emoti...
In the second stanza, the reader might be surprised by the turn of the speaker’s tone. She informs her listener that she is “revenged at last.” It has been a long time since the two broke up, and finally, she feels as if she can move on. It is “well” that he has made the choice to go with this particular woman as soon he will experience exactly wha...
In the next set of lines, the speaker states that she and he will now have something in common. Their hearts will have learned to “bear” the great weight of lost love. The following lines speak on how any other punishment, even death, would not make her happy. It is the balancing of the emotional scales she wants the most. If he did die, rather tha...
The final set of lines contains the speaker’s last dismissal of her old partner. She tells him that he is free to “Go” to his new woman and “watch her…” Everything she does will enter him, but she will not belong to him. The speaker hopes the man will completely and fully dedicate himself to her gaze, which will “not turn on” him. His new partner w...
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Poems Cite. Letitia Elizabeth Landon was born in Chelsea, London in August of 1802. Her parents were John and Catherine Landon who, along with a neighbour, taught her to read by the time she was a toddler. She spent a great deal of time during her youth enjoying literature and writing, then eventually theatre at Frances Arabella Rowden’s school.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist. She wrote poetry throughout the early 1820s. Some of her works include The Fate of Adelaide, A Swiss Romantic tale and other poems, Fragments in Rhyme, and Medallion Wafers. She also wrote reviews, anonymously, throughout her career.
Prolific English poet and novelist Letitia Elizabeth Landon, often known as L.E.L. among fans and in literary circles, was born August 14, 1802 in Chelsea. The eldest of three children, Landon showed literary talent at nine years old; her first published work, the poem “Rome,” appeared in in the Literary Gazette March 11, 1820, and her work continued to be published in the periodical under ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature. Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and thence she developed the metrical romance towards the ...
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May 23, 2019 · The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron,” written by literary critic Lucasta Miller, dives deep into the life of Letitia Elizabeth Landon. The book covers recent revelations about the poet, examining her legacy through a modern lens. Landon was writing in Romantic-era England.
