William DeWitt Snodgrass
William DeWitt Snodgrass | Biography
By Roma Shrestha -
November 13, 2026
William DeWitt Snodgrass was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1926. He served in the US navy before he studied at the University of Iowa, where he attended Robert Lowell’s poetry workshops. More to Explore His...
Heart’s Needle by William DeWitt Snodgrass | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 13, 2026
Heart’s Needle by William DeWitt Snodgrass, also known by his pseudonym S. S. Gardons was first published in 1959 in the collection of Heart’s Needle. Immediately after the publication, this poem was praised for its...
April Inventory by William DeWitt Snodgrass | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 13, 2026
April Inventory is a confessional poem by William DeWitt Snodgrass in which the poet has revealed how he has made a list (inventory) of things he has missed, throughout his youth (April/Spring), but how he...
