Elinor Wylie Pretty Words

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Have you ever connected to a thoughtful, original writing? The poem, “Pretty Words”, by Elinor Wylie is a free verse poem about the beauty of the unique, descriptive themes and words of all different types of writing. “Pretty Words” is an old poem written by Elinor Wylie. She was born on September 7, 1885, and passed away on December 16, 1928. Wylie was a famous American poet who loved expressing her affection towards poetry. Her poem, “Pretty Words” appeared to others in 1932. Creativity is shone all throughout “Pretty Words” and it is written with thought and imagination. “Pretty Words” is a descriptive poem with warm, summery thoughts such as, like midsummer moths, and honeyed words like bees, gilded and sticky, with a little sting. In

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