She took a job at the New York Public Library in 1921 and during that time period published her first volume of poems, Poems.
Marianne Moore was born in 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Pennsylvania. Her first published works appeared in her university literary magazine. She took a job at the New York Public Library in 1921 and during that time period published her first volume of poems, Poems. Her next collection came out three years later titled, Observations. This volume contained some of Moore’s best-known works and contains examples of her characteristic verse style. There were long free-verse poems that incorporated quotes in a fragmented form.