Susan Archer Talley Weiss

Susan Archer Weiss (, Talley; February 14, 1822 – April 7, 1917) was an American poet. Losing her hearing as a child, she rarely mingled in society beyond a select circle of friends, finding her happiness in her home. Her life was essentially that of a poet, though she also painted. In September 1859, a collection of her poems was issued by Rudd & Carlton, of New York City. Her name was included among those of young writers in American Female Poets, Sarah Josepha Hale's Woman's Record, and other similar works. Weiss was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe. She died in 1917.

Early life and education Susan Archer Talley was born in Hanover County, Virginia, February 14, 1822,

Style What is most noticeable in Weiss' poems is their rhythmical harmony. A similar versification style was noted in the work of James M. Nack, the deaf poet of New York, whose writings were published several years earlier by Prosper Montgomery Wetmore. There was not in Nack's poems, however, any single composition that could be compared with "Ennerslie", in grace, or variety of cadences. It was said that this poem, without being an imitation, would remind the reader of one of the finest productions of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Selected works

The home life of Poe Poems The battle of Manassas Con Elgin Eld Lady Claire Past and Present The Soul's Creed Airley The Sibyl