The Amorous Lady
Or - The Anonymous Lady The Amorous Lady Death - Philolu Why do I make the differentiation? Amorous is defined as showing feelings of sexual desire. Synonyms are lustful, sexual, erotic, and passionate. Ah! Perhaps it is the last word that could explain The Amorous's poetry most accurately. Though her identity is not known for sure, there is speculation that she is Martha Fowkes Sansom, who took to ensuring that her writings we full of expression, wit, and passionate claims and desires. The sound and feel of her writings with those of the anonymous female writer seem to be similar enough to be the same author. Plus, the alluded age, time, and place of her writings are the same for circumstances being added together to reveal who the author Might have been. You may have never heard of The Amorous Lady of the 1700s, but in a literary world ruled by men, her style of writing was a breath of fresh air for readers. Her poems were published in a small paper, The Barbados Gazette b...