Anne Parker's But Not Forgotten

Have you ever been with someone and have them swear their love to you, only to have them leave you for another? Or love anyone so deeply just to be refused by them? Parker has a history of men, all were not emotionally involved with Parker but her interactions with people and challenges in life greatly influenced her writing. This poem could be read and applied to almost anyone in any situation but due to Parker for being well-known for her love poetry, this poem But Not Forgotten is a poem that is most likely spoken from the perspective of someone who seems to have been hurt in the way of love of a spouse or lover. The first few lines have a confident voice to them, like she knows that even if they leave her they won’t forget who she is, …show more content…
Even if you don’t stay together the memories you shared with them will always be there. “And feel my arms about you when / The day comes fluttering about you again.” (Lines 9-10) This could be saying that when the memories of your lost love are so strong you could find yourself wanting to be back there, with them, in that memory. That you’re wishing your past was your present. Alliteration can be found in lines (7-8) “You still will see me, small and white /And smiling, in the secret night,”. There is personification in line 10 “The day comes fluttering about you again.” This helps show what I said about wanting past loves back. The word fluttering reminds of when you're around someone that makes you nervous and you have butterflies “fluttering” around in your stomach.
Dorothy Parker …show more content…
The two married in 1934, divorced and remarried again in 1950. They had no children; however she became pregnant at the age of 42, but the baby miscarried.
On June 6, 1967, four years after Campbell’s passing, Parker was found dead of a heart attack in a New York City hotel at age 73. An activist in the Civil Rights Movement, Dorothy had left her estate to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dorothy Parker)
Many of Parker's poems reflect her unfortunate struggles with men and life and of how she felt about herself and her talents. While her works are well regarded Parker suffered from depression and alcoholism and several attempted suicides.
Among her talents as a poet, she was also a short-story writer, a critic, a screenwriter, and many other things.(poem hunter)She is very well-known however for her openness about her stand on social issues and her active positions in many marches for a number of political movements. She became a socialist in 1927(Dorothy Parker) and she was regarded as “one of America’s first