Written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, by Yasmeen, Alexa, Laura, Maria

Born: 1850, in Johnstown, Wisconsin. Died: October 30, 1919 due to cancer.

Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

24 Lines

3 STANZAS

Earth and Mirth, Bound and Sound

Measure and Pleasure

Lines: 2,4 & 6,8. Stanzas: All 3

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Lines 1 & 2: World, Weep, Weep

Lines 7 & 8: Joyful and Voicing

Line 23: "But ONE by ONE we must all file ON."

Human. Emotions. Female?

Personification, Simile, Metaphor

"Sing, and the hills will answer."

Nobody cares for pain, people are friends with who are happy, not depressed.

We can all feel pleasure, but pain is something individuals feel.