The Little Mermaid Stave 5 Hearing that mortals Had eternal souls The mermaid yearned To be loved by the prince; For that she would give up her fishtail. She set off for the maelstrom, The sea witch’s home, Barren of sea flowers and grass, Where currents swirled and roared, Through which she had to pass. […]
Day: September 29, 2015
Thinking about women in literature…
I read in an article that, in large parts of Victorian England, women had higher death rates than men because of differences in the impact of tuberculosis, also known as consumption, the most common single cause of death at that time. I was also reminded of Mimi in La Boheme. Consumed A wracking cough Leaves […]
writing in north norfolk 