endeavoured to imitate her manners

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with dark gray marker, and various torn images and magazine clippings have been pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left visible and highlighted in peach, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

By Smilka Apodaca Seruin

endeavoured to imitate her manners,
even now she
was occu-
pied in
her most anxious affection. Poor
her.

neglected daughter,
troubled; she began to think
judgment from heaven
was a

mother. Poor girl! she wept
she was much altered since
a winning mildness
was her residence
poor woman
She sometimes begged
to forgive unkindness, but
caused the death of her

peace for ever. She
returned to

her

little
wish of
sweet laughing eyes, and
smiles

a pretty little
wish