Lucinda Matlock: The Beauty Of Life

River Anthology is “Lucinda Matlock.” In “Lucinda Matlock,” Masters concocts a fictional character, who is based on his grandmother, that tells readers from beyond the grave about the beauty and the pain that she faced in her life. The paradox of having beauty and pain at the same time contributes to the theme of not letting your sorrows overcome you and loving life for what life is. Throughout the entire poem, Lucinda Matlock is talking to the readers about her life. Lucinda starts off with

River Anthology is “Lucinda Matlock.” In “Lucinda Matlock,” Masters concocts a fictional character, who is based on his grandmother, that tells readers from beyond the grave about the beauty and the pain that she faced in her life. The paradox of having beauty and pain at the same time contributes to the theme of not letting your sorrows get the best of you and loving life for what life is. Throughout the entire poem, Lucinda Matlock is talking to the readers about her life. Lucinda starts off with explaining

poetry about life, finding love and experiencing loss in very different ways, but both are successful in bringing about a truly touching connection with their readers. These two poets have an extraordinary ability to attract their audiences, by using both romanticism and modern techniques in their writing. Amy Lowell said it best when she said, “A poet feeds on beauty as a plant feeds on air,” and both of these poets are obviously very talented and successful in using natural beauty to be a driving

#1 “Sunset on the River” by Mark Twain 1.) “Now when I had mastered the language of this water, and had come to know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarity as I knew the letters of the alphabet, I had made a valuable acquisition.” 2.) I chose this quote because it fits the story perfectly. This quote is at the beginning of the story saying that he knows the river really well. At the end he still knows the river well just in a different way. This way is not for the