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The “Ages” of Ogden Nash

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This essay looks at the way Ogden Nash, America's Genius of Light Verse, saw his life and times in the 30's, 40's, and 50's. It focuses on a group of poems in which the author mentions his age at the time of writing and explores their insights. They move from young adulthood to retirement and thus become Nash's equivalent of Shakespeare's Ages of Humanity. The author notes how his study of Nash has provided insights in living and illustrates this through poems of his own. In following this particular journey through the stages of life, we might well discover ways of mining the gold in our own experience.

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  • Smith, L, and Eberstadt, I. (Eds.). Nash, O.(1975), I Wouldn't Have Missed It: Selected Poems of Ogden Nash. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company.

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Steele, D. The “Ages” of Ogden Nash. Pastoral Psychology 49, 461–476 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010305718832

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