Women
Women have no wilderness in them,
They are provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts

 Louise Bogan was born in Maine during 1897. Her parents were married, yet had an unstable relationship. Her father was constantly moving them throughout New England to find work in a new mill. Her mother was not committed to the relationship, and often spent time with other men. She was also known to disappear for long periods of time. It is believed that Louise Bogan’s mother was mentally unstable. She attended the Girls Latin School in Boston, and moved on to Boston University. After one year, she won a scholarship to Radcliffe, the female counterpart to Harvard. She declined, and moved away with her Husband to Panama. While there, she began to write her first poems. She soon split with her husband, and moved to Vienna, then to New York. In New York, she became the editor for the poetry section of The New Yorker. 
 Louise Bogan was widely praised for her own form of poetry.  Many say that her work was not personal, and were rather bland.  Others say that her work came from personal experiences, yet she made them general.  Much of Bogan’s work sprouts from themes in her life, but mention no specific events.  It is widely agreed that she had a mastery of all different styles of poetry. 
 The 20th century was a transitional time for poetry.  There was a widespread movement of modernization, straying from the old ways of poetry.  It became increasingly popular to write shorter poems that were not as elegant.  Because Louise Bogan was the editor of the New Yorker, she had major influence on 20th century poetry. 
 

Women