{"id":2697,"date":"2026-07-08T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:27:35","slug":"a-shroud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/a-shroud\/","title":{"rendered":"a shroud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1608\" height=\"2408\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 52 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly drawn over in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the obscured text.\" class=\"wp-image-2698\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1.jpg 1608w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-940x1408.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/a-shroud-1-400x599.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1608px) 100vw, 1608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Anonymous<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a shroud<br>of<br>dew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the dim and yellow moon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">created<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">some inarticulate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">escape<br>refuge<br>of the night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">unfinished<br>motion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my pulse<br>and palpitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the bitterness of dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">!<br>Morning dawned,<br>its white steeple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my asylum,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my view<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">drenched by<br>sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anonymous a shroudofdew the dim and yellow moon, created some inarticulate escaperefugeof the night Oh! unfinishedmotion, my pulseand palpitation the bitterness of dreams !Morning dawned,its white steeple my asylum, my view drenched bysky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3153,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions\/3153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}