Sara Teasdale Research Paper
Courtney Rushing
March 22, 2011
Concert Choir – 1st Hour
Sara Teasdale
“There Will Be Rest”
Sara Teasdale is an American lyrical poet born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1884. Throughout her childhood and adulthood, she suffered from many illnesses. This caused her to be homeschooled until she was well enough to be put in school, which finally came at the age of nine. Teasdale finished school in 1903 after going to three different schools and battling many more illnesses along the way. She was an accomplished writer of poetry shortly after finishing school and she has had many poems published to multiple different sources. Her poems have also been used as lyrics for many choral pieces and she has won awards for her collection of poems entitled “Love Songs”. At Sara’s funeral, her mother spoke of how Sara always loved reading poetry and looking at anything beautiful, so she was amazing at taking those beautiful things she saw and turning them into poetry. At the age of 30, Teasdale married Ernst Filsinger, whom was a rich business man. She was courted by many men …show more content…
She won three awards for her collection of poetry entitled “Love Songs”. She won the Columbia University Poetry Society prize, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the annual prize of the Poetry Society of America. The poems in this collection were full of passionate and romantic subject matter. Their simplicity and clarity made them easily understood and utterly beautiful. The choral piece, “Stars I Shall Find” by David Dickau, is based on the poem “There Will Be Rest” by Sara Teasdale. It is unknown when Teasdale wrote the poem because she never kept a poetry journal or dated any of her works. It is thought that she wrote this poem late in her life because it is full of promises of peace and serenity, which her life was lacking towards the end. “Stars I Shall Find” premiered in Chicago in 2003 directed by its composer, David
March 22, 2011
Concert Choir – 1st Hour
Sara Teasdale
“There Will Be Rest”
Sara Teasdale is an American lyrical poet born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1884. Throughout her childhood and adulthood, she suffered from many illnesses. This caused her to be homeschooled until she was well enough to be put in school, which finally came at the age of nine. Teasdale finished school in 1903 after going to three different schools and battling many more illnesses along the way. She was an accomplished writer of poetry shortly after finishing school and she has had many poems published to multiple different sources. Her poems have also been used as lyrics for many choral pieces and she has won awards for her collection of poems entitled “Love Songs”. At Sara’s funeral, her mother spoke of how Sara always loved reading poetry and looking at anything beautiful, so she was amazing at taking those beautiful things she saw and turning them into poetry. At the age of 30, Teasdale married Ernst Filsinger, whom was a rich business man. She was courted by many men …show more content…
She won three awards for her collection of poetry entitled “Love Songs”. She won the Columbia University Poetry Society prize, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the annual prize of the Poetry Society of America. The poems in this collection were full of passionate and romantic subject matter. Their simplicity and clarity made them easily understood and utterly beautiful. The choral piece, “Stars I Shall Find” by David Dickau, is based on the poem “There Will Be Rest” by Sara Teasdale. It is unknown when Teasdale wrote the poem because she never kept a poetry journal or dated any of her works. It is thought that she wrote this poem late in her life because it is full of promises of peace and serenity, which her life was lacking towards the end. “Stars I Shall Find” premiered in Chicago in 2003 directed by its composer, David