by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
Questionnaire: A Character Sketch Matches base text
Language: English
Name? Amy Lowell Residence? Brookline What is vour favorite moral characteristic? Self control Which one do you most dislike? Deceit Who is your favorite novelist among men? Thackeray Who among women? Louise, May. Alcott Who is your favorite poet? James Russell Lowell What six books (Bible excepted) would you bring with you if you were cast on a desert island? Little Woman, Webebster's*, Unabridged Dictionary, Moonfolk, Marco and Paul's Adventures on the Erie Canal, At the Back of the North Wind What is your favorite exercise? Books
Source: Houghton Library Archives; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Composition:
- Set to music by Edie Hill (b. 1962), "Questionnaire: A Character Sketch", 2002 [ voice and piano ], from A Maker of Humming-birds, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), "The Questionnaire: A Character Sketch"
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