Ms Austen | Lyrical Literacy Homage to Jane Austen

Ms Austen |  Lyrical Literacy Homage to Jane Austen

 

The Lyrical Literacy podcast presents a poetic homage to Jane Austen, the revolutionary author who wielded her pen with subtle defiance against Regency-era conventions. This evocative poem captures Austen's essence as a writer who, beneath the veneer of propriety and tea cups, crafted stories that challenged social norms and exposed the follies of the aristocracy. Through elegant verse, we explore how Austen remained "small and still, yet fiercely wrote what the world dared only think," using her literary genius to create female characters who whispered loudly through history. The poem honors her as an unmarried woman "always wed to truth and irony," whose seemingly gentle stories contained razor-sharp social commentary that continues to resonate centuries later.

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Ms Austen

Small and still Yet fiercely Wrote What the world Dared only Think

Tea cups clinked and manners blinked Between the sighs of Not quite love She stitched with ink a Wild rebellion Beneath lace gloves

Never married Always wed To Truth And irony A quiet knife Behind the smile

Dear Jane they said sweet auntie plain But books don't bow nor blush nor bend And every dashing duke she made Became A Fool By the end

She knew the price of being good Too good And gently crashed the parlor doors With commas sharp and women Loud In whispers

Austen is a verb you see It means To burn with grace And hide your fire In a fan

So now we sit And sip And turn Her Pages Soft As thunder

 

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