Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1906), was a prominent American author and poet, best known for her work ‘Poems of Passion’. Having her works published in several books, magazines, and periodicals, she can be considered one of the most popular poets of her time. Though not highly critically acclaimed, her works were widely accepted and loved by the public. Her poems, reflecting her belief that eventually good would triumph over evil and encouraging a positive approach to life, was written in plain, rhyming verse, and was highly popular among the masses. Some of her popular works were ‘A Woman of the World’ published in 1904, ‘Poems of Peace’, published in 1906, and ‘Poems of Experience’ published in 1910. She wrote her autobiography as well, which was titled ‘The Worlds and I’, and was published just a year before her death.
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