I lived from 1878-1914. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.
Crapsey was born on September 9th 1878, in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Rochester, New York. She was the daughter of Reverend Algernon Crapsey who was an Episcopal clergyman. After attending Kemper Hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Crapsey entered into Vassar College, from where she graduated from in 1901.
During her last years she wrote verse that would make her well-known and quite famous. She had a deep interest in rhythm and meter which led her to devise a verse called the cinquain which is a 5-line form of 22 syllables in its first and last lines and four, six, and eight in the intervening three lines. It usually has an iambic cadence to it. Crapsey died in Rochester, New York on October 8, 1914.
During her last years she wrote verse that would make her well-known and quite famous. She had a deep interest in rhythm and meter which led her to devise a verse called the cinquain which is a 5-line form of 22 syllables in its first and last lines and four, six, and eight in the intervening three lines. It usually has an iambic cadence to it. Crapsey died in Rochester, New York on October 8, 1914.
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