Elizabeth daryush daryush elizabeth vol 6 essay

She married Ali Akbar Daryush in her mid-thirties and lived for several years in what was then Persia. Her early work was fairly conventional and appeared to be more influenced by nineteenth‑century models than by the modernism of the 1920s.

Daryush looks at the sweetness of life from a naïve and “young heiress” in Poem A, Still Life while in Poem B, Cunningham chooses to look at life from the perspective of an “aged lover.” In both poems, the poets reveal their differing attitudes towards life.

Roses and polished wood, fine porcelain and an abundance of fresh fruit, butter cooled by ice and a silver coffee pot are all bathed by a warm sun. How does Daryush’s choice of words appeal to the senses when you read these opening lines?